different between aurochs vs owre

English

Alternative forms

• auroch

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ?rochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ?rohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ?ro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *?raz, *?rô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ?r (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ?rosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a???ks/, /?????ks/

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

• owre (obsolete)
• ure
• urus

Related terms

• owre
• ure, urus (perhaps related)

Translations

References

• aurochs in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Notes:

Noun

aurochs

1. plural of auroch

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.??k/

Noun

aurochs m (plural aurochs)

1. aurochs

Synonyms

• ure

English

Etymology 1

Forms.

Noun

owre (plural owres)

1. Obsolete form of hour.
2. Obsolete form of oar.
3. Obsolete form of ore.
4. Obsolete form of our.

Etymology 2

From Middle English oure, from Old English ?r, from Proto-West Germanic *?r, from Proto-Germanic *?raz, *?rô. Perhaps a doublet of ure and urus.

Noun

owre (plural owres)

1. (obsolete) The aurochs.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

Related terms

• aurochs
• ure, urus (perhaps related)

Anagrams

• Rowe, WORE, ower, wore

Middle English

Determiner

owre

1. Alternative form of oure

Scots

Adverb

owre (comparative mair owre, superlative maist owre)

1. Over.