aurochs

See also: Aurochs

English

Augsburg depiction of an aurochs.

Alternative forms

• auroch, aurox

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aurochs, an early variant of Auerochse, from Middle High German ūrochse (“aurochs”), from Old High German ūrohso (“aurochs”), a compound consisting of ūro (“aurochs”) (from Proto-Germanic *ūraz, *ūrô (“aurochs”)) + ohso (“ox”). Akin to Old English ūr (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ūrosse (“aurochs”), Old English oxa (“ox”). More at ox.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊɹɒks/, /ˈɔːɹɒks/

Noun

aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen)

1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
2. (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).

Synonyms

• ure
• urus

Related terms

• ure, urus (perhaps related)

Translations

Bos primigenius

• Armenian: վայրի ցուլ (vayri cʻul), ցլավայրի (hy) (cʻlavayri), տուր (hy) (tur)
• Catalan: ur (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 原牛 (zh) (yuánniú)

• Czech: pratur (cs) m
• Dutch: oeros (nl) m
• Esperanto: uro (eo)
• Estonian: tarvas
• Faroese: frumneyt n
• Finnish: alkuhärkä (fi), ? tarvas (fi)
• French: aurochs (fr) m
• German: Auerochse (de), Ur (de) m
• Greek: ούρος m (oúros), βους ο πρωτογενής m (vous o protogenís)

  Ancient: βόνασος m (bónasos)

• Hungarian: őstulok (hu)
• Irish: áracs m
• Italian: uro (it) m
• Latin: ūrus m
• Latvian: taurs m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: urokse m

• Old English: ūr (ang) m
• Persian: ارکس (oroks)
• Polish: tur (pl) m anim, tur leśny (pl) m
• Portuguese: uro (pt) m, uroque m, auroque (pt) m
• Romanian: bour (ro) m
• Russian: тур (ru) m (tur)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: tur m

• Spanish: uro (es) m
• Sudovian: tauras m
• Swedish: uroxe (sv) c
• Tagalog: uro
• Turkish: yaban öküzü
• Ugaritic: 𐎗𐎜𐎎 (rủm)
• Vietnamese: bò rừng châu Âu, bò Tur
• Welsh: cynfual m

European bison — see European bison

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• Georgian: ^{(please verify)} ჯიხვი (ka) (ǯixvi)

References

• “aurochs”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Notes:

Noun

aurochs

1. plural of auroch

French

Alternative forms

• auroch (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle High German urohse, composed of ur (“aurochs”) (from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr) + ohse (“ox”) (modern Ochse).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɔk/, /o.ʁɔk/

Noun

aurochs m (plural aurochs)

1. aurochs

   Synonyms: ure, urus

Further reading

• “aurochs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.