Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Sur m ‎(Cyrillic spelling Сур)

1. (regional, Bosnia) Tyre, a port city of Lebanon

Synonyms

• Tir

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from Arabic صُور ‎(ṣūr), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤅𐤓 ‎(Ṣur, “rock”).

Proper noun

Sur

1. Tyre

Declension

Asturian

Noun

sur m ‎(plural surs)

1. south

Danish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sur/, [suɐ̯ˀ]

Etymology 1

Verbal noun to surre ‎(“to whirr”).

Noun

sur n (singular definite surret, plural indefinite sur)

1. whirr (a sibilant buzz or vibration from insect wings)

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Norse súrr ‎(“sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-.

Adjective

sur

1. sour (having an acid, sharp or tangy taste)
2. (chemistry) acidic
3. (of dairy products) spoiled
4. (of a person or communication) surly, cross, annoyed, sulky, sore
5. (of work) unpleasant

Inflection

Esperanto

Etymology

From French sur.

Pronunciation

Preposition

sur

1. on, upon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syr/
• Homophone: sûr

Etymology 1

From Middle French sur, from Old French sur, seur, sor, soure, sovre ‎(“on, upon, over”), from Latin super ‎(“over, on, above”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)uperi ‎(“over, above”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *eḱs ‎(“out, out of”) + Proto-Indo-European *uperi, *upo- ‎(“over, above”). Doublet of super. Cognate with Old English ofer ‎(“over, above”). More at over.

Preposition

sur

1. on, upon
2. on top of
3. from on top of
4. above
5. out of

   sept sur dix - seven out of ten

6. in the case of

Synonyms

• (above): au-dessus de

Antonyms

• (on): sous
• (on top of): dessous
• (above): au-dessous de

Etymology 2

From Middle French sur, from Old French sur ‎(“sour, bitter”), from Old Frankish *sūr ‎(“acidic, sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz ‎(“sour, acidic, salty, damp”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūro- ‎(“sour, salty, bitter”). Cognate with Old High German sūr ‎(“sour”), Old English sūr ‎(“sour”). More at sour.

Adjective

sur m ‎(feminine singular sure, masculine plural surs, feminine plural sures)

1. sour

See also

• sur-

Galician

Alternative forms

• S

Etymology

From French sud, from Old English suþ.

Noun

sur m ‎(plural sures)

1. (uncountable) south (cardinal direction)
2. (uncountable) the southern portion of a territory or region
3. (countable) a southern; a wind blowing from the south

Antonyms

• (south): norte, setentrión
• (southern portion): norte

Derived terms

Coordinate terms

• leste
• norte
• occidente

Ido

Etymology

From French sur, Italian su.

Preposition

sur

1. on

Lojban

Rafsi

sur

1. rafsi of surla.

Maltese

Etymology 1

From Arabic سُور ‎(sūr)

Noun

sur m ‎(plural swar)

1. wall, rampart
2. bastion
3. rock

Etymology 2

From sinjur.

Noun

sur m ‎(nopl)

1. sir, mister

Sur Smith -- Mister Smith

Etymology 3

From Arabic صُوَر ‎(ṣuwar)

Noun

sur f

1. plural of sura

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

Adjective

sur ‎(neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surere, indefinite superlative surest, definite superlative sureste)

1. sour (e.g. the characteristic taste of a lemon)
2. In a bad temper, sulky
3. acidic

   sur nedbør - acid rain

4. cold, unpleasant (often about weather); eg: "Det er surt ute" (The weather is unpleasant outside"), "Han prøver å gjøre livet surt for meg" ("He's trying to make life difficult for me")

Synonyms

• (taste): skarp, snerpende
• (bad temper): gretten, sint

Antonyms

• søt
• blid, glad

References

• “sur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

Adjective

sur ‎(neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surare, indefinite superlative surast, definite superlative suraste)

1. sour
2. acidic

   sur nedbør - acid rain

References

• “sur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Adjective

sūr

1. sour

Descendants

• English: sour

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *sūraz, whence also Old Saxon sūr Old English sūr, Old Norse súrr.

Adjective

sūr

1. sour

Descendants

• German: sauer
• Yiddish: זויער ‎(zoyer)

Old Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz.

Adjective

sūr

1. sour

Declension

Descendants

• Swedish: sur

Rohingya

Etymology

From Bengali.

Noun

sur

1. thief

Romanian

Etymology

Most likely from a Slavic language. Compare Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian sur. A less likely etymology connects it to Latin syrus, or links it with Italian soro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sur/

Adjective

sur m, n ‎(feminine singular sură, masculine plural suri, feminine and neuter plural sure)

1. grey

Inflection

Synonyms

• gri
• brumăriu

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Compare surov.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sûːr/

Adjective

sȗr ‎(definite sȗrī, Cyrillic spelling су̑р)

1. (expressive, literary) ash-gray
2. (expressive, literary, figuratively) gray, gloomy (of weather)
3. (expressive, literary, figuratively) glum, stern, scowling, sullen (of person's face or mood)

Declension

References

• “sur” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Spanish

Etymology

From French sud, from Old English suþ.

Noun

sur m ‎(plural sures)

1. south

Antonyms

• norte n

Related terms

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish sūr, from Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *sūr-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʉːr/
• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Adjective

sur

1. sour; the characteristic taste of a lemon
2. acetous; having a sour taste
3. acidic
4. In a bad temper; look sour
5. wet; damp

Declension

Derived terms

Turkish

Noun

sur ‎(definite accusative }}}, plural }}})

1. city wall