fur

rup-verb

fur first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative furã, past participle furatã)

fur first-singular present indicative (canonical)
furã (indicative present singular third-person)
furatã (participle past)
furu (alternative)
afur (alternative)
afuru (alternative)

From Vulgar Latin fūrō, from Latin fūror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.


fur

furi (plural)
furu (alternative)
afur (alternative)
afuru (alternative)

From Latin fūr. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.


fur

From Old Catalan for, from Latin forum. Doublet of for and fòrum.


fur

From Old Cornish fur, from Latin fur. Cognate with Breton fur.


fur

fuor (alternative)
fuar (alternative)
far (alternative)
fachir (alternative Ragusan)


fur

(uncountable) The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.

(uncountable) The hairy skins of animals used as a material for clothing.

During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.

(countable) An animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.

November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar
wrapped up in my furs

(uncountable) A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.

(uncountable) The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.

(uncountable) The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.

(uncountable) The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.

(heraldry, countable) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures, such as ermine and vair.

(hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).

"You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."

2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People?:

(countable) A furry, a member of the furry fandom.

(informal, uncountable) Human body hair, especially when abundant.

(vulgar, slang, uncountable) Pubic hair.

(vulgar, slang, uncountable) Sexual attractiveness.

en-noun

fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)

gëzof

hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick

مِعْطَف

hairy skin processed to serve as clothing

футра

pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel

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.


fur

(transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.

The college water supply was practically undrinkable because of its salinity and the pipes furred up so rapidly that they had to be replaced every few years.

(intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.

(transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.

en-verb

fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)

furs (present singular third-person)
furring (participle present)
furred (participle past)
furred (past)


fur

Pronunciation spelling
pronunciation spelling


fur

A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow.

1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 516:


fur

au fur et à mesure
au fur et à mesure#French

Only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)


fur

la-noun

fūr m or f (genitive fūris); third declension

fūr (canonical feminine masculine)
fūris (genitive)
fūr (nominative singular)
fūrēs (nominative plural)
fūris (genitive singular)
fūrum (genitive plural)
fūrī (dative singular)
fūribus (dative plural)
fūrem (accusative singular)
fūrēs (accusative plural)
fūre (ablative singular)
fūribus (ablative plural)
fūr (singular vocative)
fūrēs (plural vocative)

Aromanian: fur

Italian: furo, fuio

Old Occitan:

Catalan: fura, furó

Occitan: fura

Romanian: fur

⇒ Late Latin: fūrō, fūrōnis (“thief”)

Old Italian: furone

Old French: fuiron (< *fūriō)

Old Galician-Portuguese: foron

Fala: furón

Galician: furón

Portuguese: furão

Old Spanish:

Spanish: hurón

→⇒ Central Franconian: Fürner (< *fūriō)

desc

⇒ Vulgar Latin: *furittum (“petty thief”)

Italian: furetto

Occitan: furet, huret, fura

desctree

Old French: furet, firet, furret
French: furet
→ Middle Dutch: furet, fret
Dutch: fret
→ German: Frett, Frettchen
→ Finnish: fretti
→ Middle English: furet, ferret
Scots: ferret
English: ferret

Romansch: furet

Sicilian: furittu

From Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”) (see ferō). Cognate with Ancient Greek φώρ (phṓr).


fur

first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of fura

Inherited from Latin fūr, from Proto-Italic *fōr, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰṓr, from the root *bʰer- (“to carry”).


fur

fur och gran

(archaic or somewhat solemn) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)

tall

fur; if a distinction is made between this and this will be used about younger trees


fur

(international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Friulian.