"furfur" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfɜːfə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈfɝfɚ/ [General-American] Forms: furfures [plural]
Etymology: From Latin furfur (“bran”), reduplication of *fur, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-, metathesis of *gʰrus- (compare Lithuanian grū́sti (“to grind (barley)”), Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin, husk”)). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|furfur||bran}} Latin furfur (“bran”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*gʰur-}} Proto-Indo-European *gʰur-, {{cog|lt|grust|grū́sti|to grind (barley)}} Lithuanian grū́sti (“to grind (barley)”), {{cog|grc|χρώς||skin, husk}} Ancient Greek χρώς (khrṓs, “skin, husk”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|es}} furfur (usually uncountable, plural furfures)
  1. (archaic, countable) a particle of dandruff Tags: archaic, countable, usually
    Sense id: en-furfur-en-noun-uum9SUjZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48
  2. (archaic, uncountable) dandruff Tags: archaic, uncountable, usually Translations (dandruff): пърхот (pǎrhot) [masculine] (Bulgarian), пе́рхоть (pérxotʹ) [feminine] (Russian), лупа́ (lupá) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-furfur-en-noun-zrbLdvhz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 35 52 9 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 40 60 Disambiguation of 'dandruff': 30 70

Inflected forms

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      "name": "der"
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        "1": "grc",
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          "ref": "1964, Anthony Burgess, Nothing Like the Sun",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "30 70",
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          "roman": "lupá",
          "sense": "dandruff",
          "word": "лупа́"
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      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "roman": "pǎrhot",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "пърхот"
    },
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      "roman": "pérxotʹ",
      "sense": "dandruff",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "пе́рхоть"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "lupá",
      "sense": "dandruff",
      "word": "лупа́"
    }
  ],
  "word": "furfur"
}

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