different between aurochs vs urochs

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

Noun

urochs (plural urochses or urochsen)

1. Archaic form of aurochs.

Anagrams

• chorus