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nur
English
Noun
nur (plural nurs)
- A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl.
- (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.
- W. Howitt
- I think I'm as hard as a nur, and as tough as whitleather.
- W. Howitt
Anagrams
- URN, run, urn
Albanian
Etymology
From Turkish nur, from Arabic ???? (“light”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [nu?]
Noun
nur m (indefinite plural nure, definite singular nuri, definite plural nuret)
- facial expression, face, appearance
- dazzling beauty
- outward appearance (of a person)
Derived terms
- nurbardhë
- nurmadh
- nursëz
- nurshëm
- nurzi
References
Esperanto
Etymology
From German nur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nur/
- Hyphenation: nur
- Audio:
Adverb
nur
- only, just
- 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, Project Gutenberg transcription
- Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.
- If only I would be healthy, I would be fully content.
- Se mi nur estus sana, mi estus tute kontenta.
- 1888, L. L. Zamenhof, Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia, Project Gutenberg transcription
German
Etymology
From late Middle High German nuor, contracted from older niwer, newære, from Old High German niw?ri, ni w?ri (“were it not”). Cognate with Yiddish ????? (nor), Dutch maar, Old English n?re.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu???/
- Rhymes: -u???
Adverb
nur
- only, just, merely, simply
- Synonyms: bloß, allein
- ever; at all
- Synonyms: immer, überhaupt
- however, though
- Synonyms: allerdings, jedoch
Derived terms
- nur zu
- nur nicht
Conjunction
nur
- (chiefly colloquial) but
Synonyms
- aber
Ido
Etymology
Borrowed from Esperanto nur, German nur.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nur/
Adverb
nur
- only, merely
Derived terms
- nura
Malay
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (n?r).
Noun
nur (Jawi spelling ????, plural nur-nur, informal 1st possessive nurku, impolite 2nd possessive nurmu, 3rd possessive nurnya)
- light
- Synonym: cahaya
Further reading
- “nur” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Nzadi
Noun
núr (plural núr)
- body
Further reading
- Crane, Thera; Larry Hyman; Simon Nsielanga Tukumu (2011) A grammar of Nzadi [B.865]: a Bantu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, ?ISBN
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nur/
Noun
nur m anim
- loon (bird of order Gaviiformes)
- dive, plunge (a jump into water)
Declension
Related terms
- (verbs) nurza?, nurkowa?
- (nouns) nur, nurek, nurkowanie, nurnik, nurzanie, nurzaniec, nurzec, nurzyk
Further reading
- nur in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- nur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Univerbation of an (“in”) +? ur (“your”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?nu?/
Preposition
nur (+ dative, triggers eclipsis)
- in your (formal and/or plural)
Inflection
Romanian
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ????, from Arabic ????? (n?r).
Noun
nur m (plural nuri)
- sex appeal
Declension
Turkish
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (n?r).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu?/
Noun
nur (definite accusative nuru, plural nurlar)
- (Islam) The Holy Light
Declension
nur From the web:
- what nurses make the most money
- what nursing specialty should i do
- what nurses do
- what nurse practitioner do
- what nurses work with babies
- what nursery rhyme is about the black death
- what nursery rhymes really mean
- what nursing means to me
nug
English
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
- nudge
Noun
nug (plural nugs)
- (West Country) lump; block
References
- Wright, Joseph (1903) The English Dialect Dictionary?[1], volume 4, Oxford: Oxford University Press, page 309
Etymology 2
From nugget, from the sense above.
Pronunciation
Noun
nug (plural nugs)
- (slang) A piece of marijuana.
- 2006, Jason King, The Cannabible 3, p. 25:
- A deep inhalation of a fresh ground-up nug leaves you with a giant smile and a tingly nose.
- 2006, Jason King, The Cannabible 3, p. 25:
- (slang) A chicken nugget.
- 2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (page 71)
- A lotta times I grabbed bags of frozen chicken nuggets to take home. “You know what they say,” Ricky would be like. “Dude's gotta have nugs.”
- 2012, Mike Lacher, On the Bro'd: A Parody of Jack Kerouac’s On the Road (page 71)
Synonyms
- bud
References
- The Routledge dictionary of modern American slang and unconventional English, by Tom Dalzell, Eric Partridge, p. 703
Etymology 3
Noun
nug (uncountable)
- Alternative form of noog (“Guizotia abyssinica”)
Anagrams
- GNU, Ngu, UNG, Ung, gnu, gun
Welsh
Verb
nug
- Nasal mutation of dug.
Mutation
White Hmong
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nu???/
Verb
nug
- to ask; to question.
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary?[2], SEAP Publications, ?ISBN.
nug From the web:
- what nuggets do mcdonalds use
- what nuget
- what nugenix good for
- what nuggets made of
- what nugget po*# is
- what nugenix should i take
- what nuggets does mcdonald's use
- what nugenix do