English Explanatory Dictionary

aurochs

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
  2. The European bison (Bos bonasus, or Europæus).
noun
  1. plural of auroch

Pronunciation

/ˈaʊɹɒks/ /ˈɔːɹɒks/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aurochs.wav

Word forms

aurochs aurochsen aurochses auroch aurox

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ūrochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ūrohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ūro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ūr (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ūrosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.

Synonyms

ure urus

Related words

ure urus

Translations

Arabic: أُرْخُص Armenian: վայրի ցուլ Armenian: ցլավայրի Armenian: տուր Catalan: ur Chinese Mandarin: 原牛 Czech: pratur Dutch: oeros East Frisian Low German: aaueroes Esperanto: uro Estonian: tarvas Estonian: ürgveis Faroese: frumneyt Finnish: alkuhärkä Finnish: ? tarvas French: aurochs North Frisian: Uur West-Frisian: ûrokse German: Auerochse German: Ur Greek: ούρος Greek: βους ο πρωτογενής Ancient Greek: βόνασος Hungarian: őstulok Irish: áracs Italian: uro Latin: ūrus Latvian: taurs Norwegian Bokmål: urokse Old English: ūr Persian: ارکس Polish: tur Polish: tur leśny Portuguese: uro Portuguese: uroque Portuguese: auroque Romanian: bour Russian: тур Lower Sorbian: tur Spanish: uro Sudovian: tauras Swedish: uroxe Tagalog: uro Turkish: yaban öküzü Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎜𐎎 Vietnamese: bò rừng châu Âu Vietnamese: bò Tur Welsh: cynfual
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