gaur
English
Alternative forms
- gour (dated)
Etymology
From Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡaʊə/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ɡaʊəɹ/
Noun
- An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.
- 1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison:
- […] I am sure that the American bison is the grandest of them all. His only rivals for the kingship are the Indian bison, or gaur (Bos gaurus), of Southern India, and the aurochs, or European bison, both of which really surpass him in height, if not in actual balk also.
- 1914, Edward Hamilton Aitken, Concerning Animals and Other Matters:
- Of the other ruminants the ox, buffalo, yak, goat, sheep and a few others are domestic animals, while the bison and the gaur, or so-called Indian bison, and a large number of wild goats and sheep have been neglected.
Synonyms
- (Bos gaurus): Bos frontalis gaurus (Indian bison)
Translations
Bos gaurus
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References
- “gaur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “gaur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
Further reading
- gaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Bos gaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Bos gaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Bos gaurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
Catalan
Pronunciation
Audio (Valencian) (file)
Further reading
- “gaur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “gaur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
Czech
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Further reading
- gaur in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ/
Audio (file)
Further reading
- “gaur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /køyːr/
- Rhymes: -øyːr
Noun
gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)
Romanian
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