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canine
English
Etymology
From Latin can?nus (“of dogs, dog-like”), from canis (“dog”). Compare French canin.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k??n?n, ka?n?n, (rare) k?-n?n?, IPA(key): /?ke?na?n/, /?kæna?n/, (rare) /k??na?n/
- (General American) enPR: k??n?n', (rare) k?-n?n?, IPA(key): /?ke??na?n/, (rare) /k??na?n/
- Rhymes: -e?na?n, -æna?n, -a?n
- Homophone: K9
- Hyphenation: ca?nine
Adjective
canine (not comparable)
- Of, or pertaining to, a dog or dogs.
- 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, ch. 8,
- We carried the dog round to the yard, and I examined his head. . . . I accepted the care of the canine patient.
- 2005, Gareth Roberts, Only Human, page 17
- A lost dog sniffed around the flower beds wishing it had some canine company […]
- 1913, Sax Rohmer, The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, ch. 8,
- Dog-like.
- 1891, Arthur Quiller-Couch, "The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands," Noughts & Crosses,
- In many respects she made me an admirable wife. Her affection for me was canine—positively.
- 1891, Arthur Quiller-Couch, "The Affair of Bleakirk-on-Sands," Noughts & Crosses,
- (anatomy) Of or pertaining to mammalian teeth which are cuspids or fangs.
- 1872, Charles Darwin, Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, ch. 10,
- Then his upper lip may be seen to be raised, especially at the corners, so that his huge canine teeth are exhibited.
- 1872, Charles Darwin, Expression of Emotion in Man and Animals, ch. 10,
- (medicine, obsolete) Of an appetite: depraved or inordinate; used to describe eating disorders.
Synonyms
- (of dogs): dogly, houndly
- (dog-like): dogly, doglike, houndly
Translations
Noun
canine (plural canines)
- Any member of Caninae, the only living subfamily of Canidae.
- (formal) Any of certain extant canids regarded as similar to the dog or wolf (including coyotes, jackals, etc.) but distinguished from the vulpines, which are regarded as fox-like.
- 2010, M. S. Mititch, The Spychip Conspiracy, page 189
- The canine ran across the room to the open window, put his front paws on the sill and pointed his nose at the sidewalk below.
- 2010, M. S. Mititch, The Spychip Conspiracy, page 189
- In heterodont mammals, the pointy tooth between the incisors and the premolars; a cuspid.
- 2006, Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Animal Trainers
- He tried to push Kissu into his cage, but the cougar charged back out and sank his canines into Wilson's rump.
- 2006, Amy Sutherland, Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Animal Trainers
- (poker slang) A king and a nine as a starting hand in Texas hold 'em due to phonetic similarity.
- 2005, Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em, page 270
- You have been dealt King-9 unsuited ("canine") in your pocket.
- 2005, Dennis Purdy, The Illustrated Guide to Texas Hold'em, page 270
Synonyms
- (dog or wolf): dog
- (pointy tooth): cuspid
Derived terms
- caninoid
Translations
See also
- lupine
- vulpine
- Canini (tribe within subfamily Caninae)
- cain
References
- Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ?ISBN
Anagrams
- neanic
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.nin/
Adjective
canine
- feminine singular of canin.
Noun
canine f (plural canines)
- canine, cuspid.
Further reading
- “canine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- ancien
Italian
Adjective
canine
- feminine plural of canino
Latin
Adjective
can?ne
- vocative masculine singular of can?nus
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cur
English
Etymology
From Middle English kur, curre, of Middle Low German [Term?] or North Germanic origin. Compare Middle Dutch corre (“house dog; watch-dog”), dialectal Swedish kurre (“a dog”). Compare also Old Norse kurra (“to growl; grumble”), Middle Low German korren (“to growl”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): [k??]
- (US) IPA(key): [k?]
- Rhymes: -??(r)
Homophone: Kerr
Noun
cur (plural curs)
- (dated or humorous) A contemptible or inferior dog.
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
Then Cerberus the cur couching in the kenel of hel;
Wherof hereafter, I thinke for to write,
Of fals double tunges in the di?pite.
- A fals double tunge is more fiers and fell
- 1613, Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, Act 2, scene 4
- you have many enemies, that know not why they are so, but, like to village-curs, bark when their fellows do.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 25
- "You have no more spirit than a mongrel cur. You lie down on the ground and ask people to trample on you."
- c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Again?t venemous tongues enpoy?oned with ?claunder and fal?e detractions &c.:
- (dated or humorous) A detestable person.
- 1613, Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, Act 1, scene 1
- This butcher's cur is venom-mouth'd, and I have not the power to muzzle him.
- 1613, Shakespeare, The Famous History of the Life of King Henry VIII, Act 1, scene 1
Derived terms
- curdog
Translations
See also
- bitsa, bitser
- mongrel
- mutt
Anagrams
- CRU, Cru, RUC, cru, ruc
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Latin culus. Compare Romanian cur.
Alternative forms
- curu
Noun
cur
- (slang, referring to the anus) ass
Etymology 2
From Latin curr?. Compare Romanian cure, cur (modern curge, curg).
Alternative forms
- curu
Verb
cur
- I run.
- I flow.
Derived terms
- curari / curare
Etymology 3
From Latin c?r?. Compare archaic/regional Romanian cura, cur.
Alternative forms
- curu
Verb
cur (past participle curatã)
- I clean.
Related terms
- curari / curare
- curat
Dalmatian
Etymology 1
From Latin c?rus.
Alternative forms
- cuor, kuor
Adjective
cur m (feminine cuora)
- dear, beloved
Etymology 2
From Latin cor. Compare Italian cuore, French coeur, Old Portuguese cor, Old Spanish cuer.
Noun
cur
- heart
Irish
Alternative forms
- cuir
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [k???]
Noun
cur m (genitive singular as substantive cuir, genitive as verbal noun curtha)
- verbal noun of cuir
- sowing, planting; tillage
- burial
- setting, laying
- course; round
- (of implements) set
Declension
- Substantive
- Verbal noun
Mutation
References
- "cur" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Entries containing “cur” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “cur” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Latin
Alternative forms
- q?r, qu?r, qu?r (older spelling)
- quur, cor (rare)
Etymology
From Old Latin qu?r, qu?r, from Proto-Italic *k??r, from Proto-Indo-European *k??r, having undergone pre-resonant and monosyllabic lengthening from *k?or (“where”), from *k?os (“interrogative determiner”) +? *-r (“adverbial suffix”). For similar lengthening effect, compare to *b??r. For other Indo-European cognates, compare:
- Sanskrit ????? (kárhi, “when”), Proto-Germanic *hwar (“where”) < *k?or
- Old English hw?r (“where”), Old High German hw?r (“where”) < *k??r
- Albanian kur (“when”), Lithuanian kur? (“where, whither”), Armenian ??? (ur, “where”) < *k?ur
See also quirquir (“wherever(?)”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ku?r/, [ku?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kur/, [kur]
Adverb
c?r (not comparable)
- why, for what reason, wherefore, to what purpose, from what motive
- 19 BC, Vergilius, Aeneis; Book XI, from line 424
- Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?
- Why before the trumpet (of war), fear seizes your limbs?
- Cur ante tubam tremor occupat artus?
- 19 BC, Vergilius, Aeneis; Book XI, from line 424
Derived terms
- c?r n?n
References
- cur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- cur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- “c?r” on page 519/1-2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (2nd ed., 2012)
Manx
Etymology
A highly suppletive verb with forms derived from two already suppletive verbs.
- The imperative and verbal noun forms are from Old Irish cuirid, from older cor, the verbal noun of fo·ceird. The verbal noun is etymologically unrelated to fo·ceird itself however, only arising in its paradigm due to suppletion.
- All other forms of the verb are from Old Irish do·beir, itself also a suppletive verb. See also Scottish Gaelic thoir and Irish tabhair.
Verb
cur (verbal noun cur, coyrt)
- put
- give
Conjugation
Derived terms
- cur ayns kishtey (“box, crate”, verb)
Mutation
References
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 cuirid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Megleno-Romanian
Etymology
From Latin culus.
Noun
cur
- (slang) asshole (anus)
Middle English
Noun
cur
- Alternative form of curre
Middle Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish caur, from Proto-Celtic *karuts.
Noun
cur m (genitive curad, nominative plural curaid)
- hero, warrior
- c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 15, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
- c. 1000, The Tale of Mac Da Thó's Pig, section 15, published in Irische Teste, vol. 1 (1880), edited by Ernst Windisch:
Descendants
- Irish: curadh
Derived terms
- curadmír (“warrior’s portion”)
Mutation
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “cur”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kur/
Etymology 1
From Latin culus, from Proto-Indo-European *kuH-l-, zero-grade without s-mobile form of *(s)kewH- (“to cover”). Compare Italian culo, French cul.
Noun
cur n (plural cururi)
- (slang, vulgar, referring to the anus) asshole
- Synonyms: anus, dos, fund, popou, ?ezut
Declension
Derived terms
- curist
Etymology 2
Verb
cur
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of cura (to clean)
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
cur m (genitive singular cuir, no plural)
- verbal noun of cuir
- placing, setting, sending, sowing
- laying, pouring
- falling of snow, raining
- throwing
Derived terms
- ath-chur (“transplant”)
- eadar-chur (“interjection, interruption”)
Mutation
References
- “cur” in Edward Dwelly, Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic–English Dictionary, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, 1911, ?ISBN.
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