aurochs

 

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• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊɹɒks/, /ˈɔːɹɒks/

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.

• auroch, aurox

aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochses or aurochsen) ^[1]

1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
2. (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, or Europæus).

• ure
• urus

• ure, urus (perhaps related)

• “aurochs”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Notes:

From auroch +‎ -s (forming plurals).

aurochs

1. plural of auroch

• auroch (post-1990 spelling)

Borrowed from Middle High German urohse, composed of ur (“aurochs”) (from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr) + ohse (“ox”) (modern Ochse).

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.ʁɔk/, /o.ʁɔk/

aurochs m (plural aurochs)

1. aurochs

   Synonyms: ure, urus

• “aurochs”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.