aurochs

See also: Aurochs

English

Augsburg depiction of an aurochs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊɹɒks/, /ˈɔːɹɒks/

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

• auroch, aurox

Noun

aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen)

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

Synonyms

• ure
• urus

Related terms

• ure, urus (perhaps related)

Translations

Bos primigenius

• Armenian: վայրի ցուլ (vayri cʻul), ցլավայրի (hy) (cʻlavayri), տուր (hy) (tur)
• Catalan: ur (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原牛 (zh) (yuánniú)

• Czech: pratur (cs) m
• Dutch: oeros (nl) m
• Esperanto: uro (eo)
• Estonian: tarvas
• Faroese: frumneyt n
• Finnish: alkuhärkä (fi), ? tarvas (fi)
• French: aurochs (fr) m
• German: Auerochse (de), Ur (de) m
• Greek: ούρος m (oúros), βους ο πρωτογενής m (vous o protogenís)

  Ancient: βόνασος m (bónasos)

• Hungarian: őstulok (hu)
• Irish: áracs m
• Italian: uro (it) m
• Latin: ūrus m
• Latvian: taurs m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: urokse m

• Old English: ūr (ang) m
• Persian: ارکس (oroks)
• Polish: tur (pl) m anim, tur leśny (pl) m
• Portuguese: uro (pt) m, uroque m, auroque (pt) m
• Romanian: bour (ro) m
• Russian: тур (ru) m (tur)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tur m

• Spanish: uro (es) m
• Sudovian: tauras m
• Swedish: uroxe (sv) c
• Tagalog: uro
• Turkish: yaban öküzü
• Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎜𐎎 (rủm)
• Vietnamese: bò rừng châu Âu, bò Tur
• Welsh: cynfual m

European bison — see European bison

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჯიხვი (ka) (ǯixvi)

References

• “aurochs”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Notes:

Etymology 2

From auroch +‎ -s (forming plurals).

Noun

aurochs

1. plural of auroch

French

Alternative forms

• auroch (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German urohse, composed of ur (“aurochs”) (from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr) + ohse (“ox”) (modern Ochse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɔk/, /o.ʁɔk/

Noun

aurochs m (plural aurochs)

1. aurochs

   Synonyms: ure, urus

Further reading

• “aurochs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.