gaur

See also: Gaur and gå ur

English

A gaur.

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

  1. 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.

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Basque

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • IPA(key): /ɡau̯r/, [ɡau̯r]

Adverb

gaur (not comparable)

  1. today

Derived terms

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

  1. gaur

Further reading

Czech

Noun

gaur m anim

  1. gaur, wild cattle

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

  • gaur in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔʁ/
  • (file)

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

  1. gaur

Further reading

Icelandic

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /køyːr/
    Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)

  1. (dated) pole
  2. (dated) a gangly youth/man
  3. a loud, unruly boy
  4. (slang) fellow, guy, dude

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaur.

Noun

gaur m (plural gauri)

  1. gaur

Declension

Spanish

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

  1. gaur
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