Aurochsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈaʊɹɒks/, /ˈɔːɹɒks/

語源 1

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 古期英語 ūr (“aurochs”), Old Norse úrr (“aurochs”), Middle Low German ūrosse (“aurochs”), 古期英語 oxa (“ox”). More at ox.

別の表記

• auroch, aurox

名詞

aurochs (plural aurochs or aurochsen or aurochses)

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

同意語

• ure
• urus

関連する語

• ure, urus (perhaps related)

参照

• “aurochs”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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語源 2

From auroch +‎ -s (forming plurals).

名詞

aurochs

1. plural of auroch