different between ursine vs urine

English

Etymology

Mid 16th century, from Latin ursinus, adjectival form of ursus (“bear”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???.sa?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???sa?n/, /???s?n/
• ,

Adjective

ursine (comparative more ursine, superlative most ursine)

1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of bears.
   • 1832, Godfrey Mundy, Pen and Pencil Sketches, Being the Journal of a Tour in India, London: John Murray, Vol. 1, Chapter VI, p. 320, [1]

     The British chief having undergone the ursine embrace of the Seikh monarch, the whole cavalcade proceeded towards the town.

   • 1924, Herman Melville, Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co., Chapter 8, [2]

     […] the old man's eccentricities, sometimes bordering on the ursine, repelled the juniors […]

   • 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 77, [3]

     […] we noted that a preponderance of the evidence supports an ursine origin for the giant panda.

2. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the bear subfamily Ursinae.
   • 2004, in Donald G. Lindburg and Karen Baragona (eds.), Giant Pandas: Biology and Conservation, Berkeley: University of California Press, Part Two, Introduction, p. 37, [4]
3. (entomology, of caterpillars) Covered in stiff bristles.

Synonyms

• bearlike
• bearly

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

ursine (plural ursines)

1. (zoology) A bear.

Anagrams

• insure, inures, nursie, rusine, urines

Latin

Adjective

urs?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of urs?nus

English

Etymology

From Middle English uryne, from Old French orine, from Latin ?r?na (“urine”), from Proto-Indo-European *uh?r-, zero grade of *weh?r- (“water, liquid, milk”). Related to *h?ewHd?r?- (see udder). Displaced native English land (“urine”), (Middle English land, from Old English hland (“urine”)).

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: yo?or??n, yûr??n, IPA^(key): /?j???n/, /?j??n/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: yo?or??n, yo?or??n, IPA^(key): /?j????n/, /?j???a?n/
• (General Australian) enPR: yo?or??n, IPA^(key): /?j?????n/
• Rhymes: -????n

Noun

urine (usually uncountable, plural urines)

1. (physiology) Liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:urine

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

urine (third-person singular simple present urines, present participle urining, simple past and past participle urined)

1. (archaic) To urinate.
   • 1814, The Medical and Physical Journal (volume 31, page 226)

     He got out of bed every time he urined, or tried to urine.

References

Further reading

• urine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• urine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• urine at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• Nueir, in ure, inure, ruine

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y?ri.n?/
• Hyphenation: uri?ne
• Rhymes: -in?

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

   Synonyms: blaasvocht, pies, pis, plas, zeik

Derived terms

• urineleider

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: urine

French

Etymology

From Middle French urine, respelled from Old French orine to reflect the original Latin spelling, from Latin urina. Old French orine likely derived from a Vulgar Latin intermediate form *aurina, which was influenced by aurum (“gold”). Compare also Italian orina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.?in/

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

Verb

urine

1. first/third-person singular present indicative of uriner
2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of uriner
3. second-person singular imperative of uriner

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• nuire, réuni, ruine, ruiné

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch urine, from Middle Dutch urine, from older orine, from Old French orine, urine, from Latin urina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??rin?]
• Hyphenation: uri?nê

Noun

urinê (first-person possessive urineku, second-person possessive urinemu, third-person possessive urinenya)

1. (physiology) urine: liquid waste consisting of water, salts and urea, which is made in the kidneys, stored in the bladder, then released through the urethra.

   Synonyms: air kemih, air seni

Alternative forms

• urin (nonstandard)
• urin (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “urine” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u?ri.ne/

Noun

urine f

1. plural of urina

Anagrams

• unire

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French orine, respelled urine to reflect the Latin spelling urina.

Noun

urine f (plural urines)

1. urine

Portuguese

Verb

urine

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of urinar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of urinar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of urinar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of urinar