different between ursa vs arctophilia

Esperanto

Etymology

From urso +? -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ursa/
• Hyphenation: ur?sa
• Rhymes: -ursa

Adjective

ursa (accusative singular ursan, plural ursaj, accusative plural ursajn)

1. bearish, ursine (of or relating to bears)
2. (figuratively) awkward, clumsy

   Synonym: mallerta

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????s??/

Noun

ursa f (genitive singular ursan, nominative plural ursanacha)

1. Alternative form of ursain (“doorjamb”)

Declension

Mutation

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *orss?, feminine of ursus.

Pronunciation

• ursa: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ur.sa/, [??rs?ä]
• ursa: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ur.sa/, [?urs?]
• urs?: (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ur.sa?/, [??rs?ä?]
• urs?: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ur.sa/, [?urs?]

Noun

ursa f (genitive ursae); first declension

1. a she-bear, female bear

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• Ursa major
• Ursa minor
• urs?nus
• Ursula

Descendants

Noun

urs?

1. ablative singular of ursa

References

• ursa in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ursa in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ursa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Noun

ursa f (plural ursas)

1. female equivalent of urso; she-bear

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) uorsa

Etymology

From Latin ursa, from Proto-Indo-European *h???t?os (“bear”).

Noun

ursa f (plural ursas)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) female bear

Coordinate terms

• urs

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (árktos, “bear”) + ????? (philía, “affection”)

Noun

arctophilia (uncountable)

1. love of bears
2. zoophilia with bears
3. collecting teddy bears (arctophily)

Related terms

• Antarctic
• Antarctica
• Arctic
• arctophobia
• Arcturus
• arktos
• Arthur
• Artur

Anagrams

• cartophilia