aurochs
English
Augsburg depiction of an aurochs.
Alternative forms
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.
- (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).
Translations
Bos primigenius
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European bison — see European bison
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References
- aurochs in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- Notes:
- The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language by David Crystal (1995, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 200
French
Alternative forms
- auroch (post-1990 spelling)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɔ.ʁɔk/, /o.ʁɔk/
Further reading
- “aurochs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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