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ur¹

  • /ɝ/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)

interjection

  1. Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

ur²

  • /jɝ/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)

determiner

  1. Internet, abbreviation Abbreviation of your “He wrote, ‘Hey, Laurbell! What’s up? How r u & ur roomie? Mom & I miss u x a zillion! We decided 2 turn ur room into storage 4 the antiques we r going 2 buy. Hope u r finding time 2 chillax. Give Wisp a hug. G2G. Write me back! Luv, Dad.’”

contraction

  1. Internet, abbreviation, contraction Abbreviation of you're (you are).

Ur³

  • /ɝ/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

proper noun

  1. An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.

Ur⁴

  • /ɝ/ US

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)

Where it comes from

From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).

proper noun

  1. A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).

UR⁵

noun URs

  1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of underlying representation

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: nammu, eine, utu, quell, teil, mog, yech, nina, carli, marcus, markus, bau, rahman, rehman, gec, gur

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"ur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ur. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ur. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ur

Chicago

"ur." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ur.

BibTeX
@misc{ur_2026,
  title = {ur},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ur},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}