different between fur vs spaniel
fur
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“a case; sheath”), from Frankish *f?dar, from Proto-West Germanic *f?dr, from Proto-Germanic *f?dr? (“sheath”) (compare Old English f?dor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic ???????????????? (f?dr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?-, *poh?- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemu? (“protection”), Ancient Greek ??? (pôu, “flock”), ???? (pôma, “lid”), ?????? (poim?n, “shepherd”), Old Armenian ?????? (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit ???? (p?ti, “he watches, protects”).
The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /f??(?)/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): [f???]
- (General American) enPR: fûr, IPA(key): /f?/, [f?]
- (US)
- Rhymes: -??(r)
- Homophone: fir
Noun
fur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)
- The hairy coat of various mammal species, especially when fine, soft and thick.
- The hairy skin of an animal processed into clothing for humans.
- November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar
- wrapped up in my furs
- November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar
- A pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel.
- A coating, lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
- A thick pile of fabric.
- The soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- The deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- The layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- (heraldry) One of several patterns or diapers used as tinctures.
- (hunting, uncountable) Rabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- A furry; a member of the furry subculture.
- (vulgar, slang) Pubic hair.
- (vulgar, slang) Sexual attractiveness.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
fur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)
- (transitive) To cover with fur or a fur-like coating.
- (intransitive) To become covered with fur or a fur-like coating.
- (transitive, construction) To level a surface by applying furring to it.
- Synonym: fur out
Derived terms
- furred
Translations
Etymology 2
Conjunction
fur
- Pronunciation spelling of for, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Preposition
fur
- Pronunciation spelling of for, representing African-American Vernacular English.
Anagrams
- urf
Aromanian
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin f?r?, from Latin f?ror. Compare Romanian fura, fur.
Alternative forms
- furu, afur, afuru
Verb
fur (third-person singular present indicative furã, past participle furatã)
- I steal.
Related terms
- furari / furare
- furat
- furtu
Etymology 2
From Latin f?r. Compare archaic Daco-Romanian fur.
Alternative forms
- furu, afur, afuru
Noun
fur m (plural furi)
- thief, robber
Synonyms
- furcudar, haramiu, chisãgi, caceac
Catalan
Noun
fur m (plural furs)
- fuero
Dalmatian
Verb
fur
- Alternative form of facro
Conjugation
French
Etymology
From Latin forum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy?/
Noun
fur m (plural not attested)
- Only used in au fur et à mesure (“to an equitable extent”)
Further reading
- “fur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Italic *f?r, from Proto-Indo-European *b??r, from the root *b?er- (“to carry”) (see fer?). Cognate with Ancient Greek ??? (ph?r).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /fu?r/, [fu?r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /fur/, [fur]
Noun
f?r m or f (genitive f?ris); third declension
- A thief
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Related terms
- f?rt?vus (adjective)
- furtum (noun)
- f?rtim (adverb)
- f?ror (verb)
Descendants
- Aromanian: fur
- Italian: furo
- Old Occitan:
- Catalan: fura, furó
- Occitan: fura
- Romanian: fur
- ? Late Latin: f?r?, f?r?nis (“thief”)
- Old French: fuiron
- Old Portuguese: foron
- Galician: furón
- Portuguese: furão
- Old Spanish:
- Spanish: hurón
- ? Vulgar Latin: *furittum (“petty thief”)
- Italian: furetto
- Occitan: furet, huret, fura
- Old French: furet, firet, furret
- French: furet
- ? Middle English: furet, ferret
- Scots: ferret
- English: ferret
- Romansch: furet
- Sicilian: furittu
References
- fur in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fur in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fur in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- fur in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- fur in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
Old Dutch
Alternative forms
- furi
Preposition
fur
- for
References
- Altniederfränkischer Psalm 55
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fur/
Noun
fur f
- genitive plural of fura
Romanian
Etymology
From Latin f?r, from Proto-Italic *f?r, from Proto-Indo-European *b??r, from the root *b?er- (“to carry”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [fur]
Verb
fur
- first-person singular present indicative of fura
- first-person singular present subjunctive of fura
Noun
fur m (plural furi)
- (archaic) thief
Synonyms
- ho?, bandit
Related terms
- fura
- furt
Somali
Verb
fur
- open
Swedish
Alternative forms
- fure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f??r/
- Rhymes: -??r
Noun
fur c (uncountable)
- pinewood
- (archaic) pine tree (in some areas chiefly about old trees)
Synonyms
- (wood): furu
- (tree): tall (if a distinction is made between this and "fur", this will be used about younger trees), fura
Related terms
- fura
- fure
- furu
Anagrams
- fru
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /v??r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /vi?r/
Noun
fur
- Soft mutation of mur.
Mutation
fur From the web:
- what furniture stores use progressive leasing
- what furniture stores use afterpay
- what furniture is made in usa
- what furniture stores use affirm
- what furniture stores have furniture in stock
- what furniture needs to be anchored
- what furniture will goodwill take
- what furlough means
spaniel
English
Etymology
From Middle English spaynol, from Old French espaigneul (modern French épagneul), from Old Occitan espaignol, from Vulgar Latin *Hisp?niolus (“Spanish”), from Hisp?nia (“Spain”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spænj?l/
- Rhymes: -ænj?l
Noun
spaniel (plural spaniels)
- Any of various small to medium-sized breeds of gun dog having a broad muzzle, long, wavy fur and long ears that hang at the side of the head, bred for flushing and retrieving game.
- A cringing, fawning person.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Dutch: spaniël
Translations
Verb
spaniel (third-person singular simple present spaniels, present participle spanielling or spanieling, simple past and past participle spanielled or spanieled)
- To follow loyally or obsequiously, like a spaniel.
- 1606: Shakespeare, William, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
- Antony: Do we shake hands.—All come to this!—The hearts / That spaniel'd me at heels, to whom I gave / Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets
- J. Sedgewick (1840) Timon, but not of Athens, page 200: “Always spanielling at the heels of power, the mitred Dignitaries displayed, from first to last, the most rancorous hostility against her.”
- David S. Bell (2000) Presidential Power in Fifth Republic France, ?ISBN, page 30: “Hence Duverger's famous question about de Gaulle's first spanielling Prime Minister makes political ('M. Debré, existe-t-il?'), but not constitutional sense.”
- Edward James and Farah Mendlesohn (2003) The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction, ?ISBN, page 65:
- The genre which differed from the world in order to advocate a better one - or the genre which spanielled at heel the sensationalist virtual reality world we will now arguably inhabit till the planet dies - had become by 2000, in triumpth or defeat or both, an institution for the telling of story.
- 1606: Shakespeare, William, The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra
Anagrams
- Espinal, Lapines, Nepalis, alpines, pin seal, pineals, pinseal, pleasin', splenia
Portuguese
Noun
spaniel m (plural spaniels)
- A spaniel (any of several dog breeds bred to flush out game)
Spanish
Noun
spaniel m (plural spaniels or spaniel)
- a spaniel
Swedish
Noun
spaniel c
- A spaniel.
Anagrams
- apelsin, spela in
spaniel From the web:
- what spaniels don't shed
- what spaniel should i get
- what spaniel is right for me
- what spaniels are hypoallergenic
- what spaniels are there
- what spaniel breeds are there
- what spaniels are black
- spaniel meaning
you may also like
- fur vs spaniel
- pannel vs spannel
- spanned vs spannel
- stannel vs spannel
- spannel vs spaynel
- spanner vs spannel
- jeweller vs jewelled
- jeweller vs minargent
- jeweller vs gemmary
- jeweller vs jewellery
- jeweller vs jeweler
- jeweller vs loupe
- jeweller vs goldsmith
- jeweller vs jewel
- jewelled vs newelled
- set vs jewelled
- jewelled vs jewel
- terms vs minargent
- aluminium vs minargent
- tungsten vs minargent