tur
/tʊə/US/tʊɹ/
tur noun: any member of the species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur) of wild goats native to Caucasus.
Noun
tur (plural turs)
- Any member of the species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur) of wild goats native to Caucasus.
- Then to Hanukkah's mild surprise a voice rose up and, with laconic precision, likened this rumored brother Alp to the secretion on the nether parts of a she-tur.2007, Michael Chabon, Gentlemen of the Road, Sceptre, published 2008, page 90
Proper noun capitalized: Tur
Tur (plural Turs)
- A surname.
tur meaning in Tamil
tur in Tamil
- திருப்பு
Forms of tur
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | turs |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Turs |
Origin of tur
Borrowed from Russian тур (tur). Doublet of steer and Taurus.
Two main origins: * Borrowed from Catalan Tur, probably a topographic surname from tur (“tufa, porous limestone”). * Borrowed from Polish Tur, from the nickname tur (“aurochs”).
Words that rhyme with tur
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- muir
- obscure
- amour
- assure
- boor
- immure
- impure
- lure
- recure
- immature
- inure
- manure
- moor
- cour
- Darfur
- demure
- du jour
- fure
- insecure
- liqueur
- mure
- reassure
- roture
- Ruhr
- unsure
- adure
- allure
- bonheur du jour
- bonjour
- brochure
- bure
- chaussure
- combure
- couture
- de jour
- dhuhr
- dure
- guipure
- Kapur
- L'Anse Amour
- Namur
- parkour
- parure
- plat du jour
- poseur
- purpure
- smoor
- soup du jour
Questions about tur
- What does tur mean?
- Tur means any member of the species Capra caucasica (West Caucasian tur) or Capra cylindricornis (East Caucasian tur) of wild goats native to Caucasus.
- What is tur in Tamil?
- Tur in Tamil is திருப்பு. See Tur meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is tur?
- Tur can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce tur?
- Tur is pronounced /tʊə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tur?
- The plural of tur is turs.
Words near tur in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: tur (page history and authors); Tur (page history and authors); tur (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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