fur

Significado (inglés)

Noun

1. The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
2. The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.
3. An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
4. A garment made of fur.
5. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
6. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
7. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
8. A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
9. One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.
10. Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
11. A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
12. (informal) Human body hair, especially when abundant.
13. (slang) Pubic hair.
14. (slang) Sexual attractiveness.

Verb

1. To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
2. To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
3. To level a surface by applying furring to it.

Conj

Pronunciation spelling of for.

Prep

Pronunciation spelling of for.

Sinónimos

hair

wool

pelt

skin

feathers

feather

🪶

coat

🧥

hide

body hair

down

leather

fleece

plumage

shell

🐚

crust

fur coat

rind

nap

bark

scale

pelage

peltry

pile

ruff

scab

tegument

woollen

woolly

animal hair

down feather

pilus

thick hair

Peel

chroma key

hair of animals

body feather

leather goods and furs

yure

riah

and feather

Turkish

🇹🇷

fin and feather

beard

bog moss

bristle

calico

casing

cover

deposit

dime

dust bunny

felt

fin

fringe

furs

fuzz

grain

hard outer covering

incrustation

leaves

🍃

mane

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/fɜː(ɹ)/

Etimoloxía (inglés)

From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶυ (pôu, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”).
The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.