Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urus

/ˈjʊəɹəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: urus
IPA: /ˈjʊəɹəs/

4

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

noun

Alternative spelling of urs.

noun

noun

Alternative form of Urs (“death anniversary of a Sufi saint”).

Example Sentences

"Howbeit, that country bringeth forth certain kinds of goodly great wild bœufes: to wit, the Biſontes, mained with a collar, like Lions: and the Vri, a mightie ſtrong beaſt, and a ſwift: which the ignorant people call Buffles, whereas indeed the Buffle is bred in Affrica, and carieth ſome reſemblance of a calfe rather, or a ſtag."
"He also brought forth two large drinking cups, made out of the horn of the urus, and hooped with silver."
"Eduard Hahn has postulated that the motive for capturing and maintaining the urus in the captive state was to have available a supply, for sacrificial purposes, of the animal sacred to the lunar mother goddess worshipped over an immense area of the ancient world."

Etymology

From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ūrus

Inflected Forms

uri (plural) uruses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

aurochs ure

Synonyms

aurochs bos primigenius

Questions

How do you pronounce urus?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjʊəɹəs/.
What does urus mean?: The aurochs.
Where does urus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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