different between stud vs stur

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English stood, stod, from Old English st?d, from Proto-Germanic *st?d?. Cognate with Middle Low German st?t, German Stute, Dutch stoet and Old Norse stóð.

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?d, IPA^(key): /st?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

stud (plural studs)

1. A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

   Synonym: sire

2. A female animal, especially a studmare (broodmare), kept for breeding.
3. (by extension, collective) A group of such animals.
4. An animal (usually livestock) that has been registered and is retained for breeding.
5. A place, such as a ranch, where such animals are kept.
   • 1673, Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet, An Essay upon the Advancement of Trade in Ireland

     In the studs of persons of quality in Ireland, where care is taken, […] we see horses bred of excellent shape, vigour, and size.

6. (colloquial) A sexually attractive male; also a lover in great demand.

   Synonyms: he-man, hunk, stallion

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old English studu.

Noun

stud (plural studs)

1. A small object that protrudes from something; an ornamental knob.
2. (jewelry) A small round earring.

3. (construction) A vertical post, especially one of the small uprights in the framing for lath and plaster partitions, and furring, and upon which the laths are nailed.
4. (obsolete) A stem; a trunk.

   • Seest not this same hawthorn stud?

5. (poker) A type of poker where an individual cannot throw cards away and some of her cards are exposed.

   Synonym: stud poker
6. (engineering) A short rod or pin, fixed in and projecting from something, and sometimes forming a journal.
7. (engineering) A stud bolt.
8. An iron brace across the shorter diameter of the link of a chain cable.

Derived terms

• studded

Translations

Verb

stud (third-person singular simple present studs, present participle studding, simple past and past participle studded)

1. To set with studs; to furnish with studs.
2. To be scattered over the surface of (something) at intervals.
3. To set (something) over a surface at intervals.
   • 2010, Rose Levy Beranbaum, Rose's Heavenly Cakes:

     Stud the cake all over with chocolate chips, pointed ends in.

Etymology 3

Noun

stud (plural studs)

1. Clipping of student.

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Dust, UDTs, dust, duts

Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stud? (“cold, shame”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stut]

Noun

stud m

1. shame (uncomfortable or painful feeling)

Related terms

• nestoudný m
• nestydatý m
• ostuda f
• ostudný m
• styd?t se
• stydký m

Further reading

• stud in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• stud in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sd?u?ð], [?sd?uð?]
• Rhymes: -u??ð

Noun

stud c (singular definite studen, plural indefinite stude)

1. bullock, steer
2. boor, oaf

Declension

References

• “stud” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Noun

stud m (plural studs, diminutive studje n)

1. colloquial (in the Netherlands) abbreviation of student

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

French

Etymology

From English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /styd/

Noun

stud m (plural studs)

1. stud where stallions and mares are bred to improve the equine race
2. assembly of horses for sale or racing

References

• Nouveau Petit Larousse illustré. Dictionnaire encyclopédique. Paris, Librairie Larousse, 1952, 146th edition

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *stud?.

Noun

st?d f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (expressively) cold

Declension

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)

Verb

stur (third-person singular simple present sturs, present participle sturring, simple past and past participle sturred)

1. (largely obsolete) Alternative spelling of stir

Anagrams

• RTUs, Rust, UTRs, rust, ruts, turs

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• sturu

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus. Compare Romanian stur. Cf. also Albanian shtyllë.

Noun

stur n

1. pillar, column
2. post

Derived terms

• sturusescu

See also

• stil, durec

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin st?re, present active infinitive of st?.

Verb

stur (past participle stut)

1. to be, it's past participle is used as an auxiliary verb with saite

Elfdalian

Etymology

From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz. Cognate with Swedish stor.

Adjective

stur

1. big, large

Antonyms

• litn

German

Etymology

Via German Low German st?r from Middle Low German st?r, st?re. The word is first attested in standard German in the 19th century, but speedily became part of the core vocabulary. Cognate with Dutch stoer (itself a form of dialectal origin), Swedish stursk and with Old High German st?r, st?ri, stiuri (“strong, big, stately, proud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?tu???/
• Rhymes: -u???

Adjective

stur (comparative sturer, superlative am stursten)

1. stubborn

Declension

Synonyms

• dickköpfig
• eigensinnig

Derived terms

• Sturheit
• Sturkopf

Related terms

• Steuer

Further reading

• “stur” in Duden online

Norn

Etymology

From Old Norse stórr, from Proto-Germanic *st?raz.

Adjective

stur

1. big
2. tall

Romanian

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin stylus, stilus.

Noun

stur m (plural sturi)

1. (rare, dated) icicle
2. (rare, dated, regional) low quality salt that is disposed of
3. (rare, dated, regional) soot, lampblack
4. (rare, dated, regional) slag, dross

Declension

Synonyms

• (icicle): ?ur?ur
• (soot): funingine
• (slag): zgur?