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English

Alternative forms

• gour (dated)

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (gaur), from Sanskrit ??? (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?a??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?a???/

Noun

gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

1. An East Indian species of wild cattle (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.

Synonyms

• (Bos gaurus): Bos frontalis gaurus, Indian bison

Translations

References

• “gaur”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• “gaur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, ?ISBN

Further reading

• gaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos frontalis gaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Bos gaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bos gaurus on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• Guar., Gura, Urga, guar, ragu, ragù, ruga

Basque

Pronunciation

• (standard) IPA^(key): /?aur/

Adverb

gaur (not comparable)

1. today

Derived terms

• gaur egun

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “gaur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Czech

Noun

gaur m

1. gaur, wild cattle

French

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Icelandic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køy?r/

  Rhymes: -øy?r

Noun

gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)

1. (dated) pole
2. (dated) a gangly youth/man
3. a loud, unruly boy
4. (slang) fellow, guy, dude

Declension

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

gaura (plural gauras)

1. (botany) Any of the Oenothera sect. Gaura (formerly genus Gaura of flowering plants in the family Onagraceae, including many beeblossoms.
   • 1996, Rayford Clayton Reddell, Full bloom: thoughts from an opinionated gardener (page 66)

     Blossoms that flower atop willowy weedy stems such as forget-me-nots, delphiniums, and gauras should be thought of as two-dayers; they don't draw water well or retain preservatives.

Anagrams

• garua, guara

Icelandic

Noun

gaura

1. inflection of gaur:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??a.ura]

Noun

gaura f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of gaur?