langur

English
Gray langur

Etymology

From Hindi लंगूर (laṅgūr), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूलिन् (lāṅgūlin).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA(key): /lʌŋ.ˈɡʊəɹ/

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Noun

langur (plural langurs)

  1. Any of the Old World monkeys of the subfamily Colobinae, in the genera Simias, Trachypithecus (lutungs), Presbytis (surilis), and Semnopithecus (gray langurs).
  2. A gibbon of the genus Hoolock.

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Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɛŋkʊɹ/
    Rhymes: -ɛŋkʊɹ

Adjective

langur (comparative longri, superlative longstur)

  1. long

Declension
langur a13
Singular (eintal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) langur long langt
Accusative (hvønnfall) langan langa
Dative (hvørjumfall) longum langari longum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (langs) (langar) (langs)
Plural (fleirtal) m (kallkyn) f (kvennkyn) n (hvørkikyn)
Nominative (hvørfall) langir langar long
Accusative (hvønnfall) langar
Dative (hvørjumfall) longum
Genitive (hvørsfall) (langa)

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See also

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse langr, from Proto-Germanic *langaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dlongʰos.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlaŋkʏr/ (older pronunciation, now dialectal)
  • IPA(key): /ˈlauŋkʏr/
    Rhymes: -auŋkʏr

Adjective

langur (comparative lengri, superlative lengstur)

  1. long (of distance or time or the length of an object)
  2. tall

Inflection
    positive (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative langur löng langt
accusative langan langa langt
dative löngum langri löngu
genitive langs langrar langs
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative langir langar löng
accusative langa langar löng
dative löngum löngum löngum
genitive langra langra langra
    positive (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative langi langa langa
accusative langa löngu langa
dative langa löngu langa
genitive langa löngu langa
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative löngu löngu löngu
accusative löngu löngu löngu
dative löngu löngu löngu
genitive löngu löngu löngu
    comparative
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengri lengri lengra
accusative lengri lengri lengra
dative lengri lengri lengra
genitive lengri lengri lengra
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengri lengri lengri
accusative lengri lengri lengri
dative lengri lengri lengri
genitive lengri lengri lengri
    superlative (strong declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengstur lengst lengst
accusative lengstan lengsta lengst
dative lengstum lengstri lengstu
genitive lengsts lengstrar lengsts
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengstir lengstar lengst
accusative lengsta lengstar lengst
dative lengstum lengstum lengstum
genitive lengstra lengstra lengstra
    superlative (weak declension)
singular masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengsti lengsta lengsta
accusative lengsta lengstu lengsta
dative lengsta lengstu lengsta
genitive lengsta lengstu lengsta
plural masculine feminine neuter
nominative lengstu lengstu lengstu
accusative lengstu lengstu lengstu
dative lengstu lengstu lengstu
genitive lengstu lengstu lengstu

Derived terms

Noun

langur m

  1. only used in set phrases

Declension
declension of langur
m-s1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative langur langurinn langar langarnir
accusative lang langinn langa langana
dative lang langnum löngum löngunum
genitive langs langsins langa langanna

Derived terms

Old French

Alternative forms
  • langor (France)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin languor.

Noun

langur m or f

  1. (Anglo-Norman) languor (weakness due to illness)
    • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 222, lines 2920–1:
      la peine qu'ad e la dolur
      e coment il gist en langur
      the pain and the anguish that he has
      and how his is lying in languor

Usage notes
  • Like other words ending in -or that are masculine in Latin and feminine in modern French, about evenly split between masculine and feminine usage. Most citations do not demonstrate a gender (like the one above).

References

Spanish

Noun

langur m (plural langures)

  1. langur
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