futro

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from German Futter (“lining”) and German Türfutter (“doorframe”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfutro]
• Hyphenation: fu‧t‧ro

Noun

futro n

1. (informal) lining

   Synonym: podšívka

   Budu nosit tabák ve futře čepice. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

2. (informal) doorframe

   Synonyms: zárubeň, veřej

   Opřel se o futro. ― He leant on the doorframe.

Declension

Declension of futro (hard neuter reducible)

	singular	plural
nominative	futro	futra
genitive	futra	futer
dative	futru	futrům
accusative	futro	futra
vocative	futro	futra
locative	futře, futru	futrech
instrumental	futrem	futry

Further reading

• “futro”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
• “futro”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “futro”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Polish

futro

Etymology

Borrowed from German Futter (“lining”), from Old High German fuotar (“sheath”), from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂- (“to protect, guard, graze, feed”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfut.rɔ/

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• Rhymes: -utrɔ
• Syllabification: fut‧ro

Noun

futro n (diminutive futerko)

1. fur (hairy coat of various mammal species)

   Synonym: sierść

2. fur (hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans)

Declension

Declension of futro

	singular	plural
nominative	futro	futra
genitive	futra	futer
dative	futru	futrom
accusative	futro	futra
instrumental	futrem	futrami
locative	futrze	futrach
vocative	futro	futra

Derived terms

adjective

• futrzany

 

noun

• futrzak
• futrzarstwo

 

Descendants

• → Belarusian: фу́тра (fútra)
• → Ukrainian: ху́тро (xútro), фу́тро (fútro)

Further reading

• futro in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• futro in Polish dictionaries at PWN