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aurochs¹

  • /ˈaʊɹɒks/
  • /ˈɔːɹɒks/

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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.

noun aurochs · aurochsen · aurochses · auroch · aurox

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

Similar: ure, urus

aurochs²

  • /ˈaʊɹɒks/
  • /ˈɔːɹɒks/

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

noun

  1. plural plural of auroch

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noun

Similar: ure, urus

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noun Bos primigenius

Españoluro
中文原牛 yuánniú
Portuguêsuro, uroque, auroque
Françaisaurochs
DeutschAuerochse, Ur
Italianouro
Ελληνικάούρος oúros, βους ο πρωτογενής vous o protogenís
Românăbour
Русскийтур tur
Tiếng Việtbò rừng châu Âu, bò Tur
العربيةأُرْخُص ʔurḵuṣ

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@misc{aurochs_2026,
  title = {aurochs},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/aurochs},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}