knur
English
Etymology
Late Middle English knorre, variant of knarre; see knar (“knot on a tree trunk”).
Cognate with German Knorren (“knurl”) and Danish knor (“knurl”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɜː(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)
Noun
knur (plural knurs)
- A knurl.
- The small wooden ball in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
Further reading
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Anagrams
Polish
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnorzъ. Doublet of kiernoz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /knur/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ur
- Syllabification: knur
Noun
knur m animal (diminutive knurek)
- boar (uncastrated male pig kept for reproduction)
- Synonym: kiernoz
- (colloquial, derogatory) contemptible man
Declension
Declension of knur
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | knur | knury |
| genitive | knura | knurów |
| dative | knurowi | knurom |
| accusative | knura | knury |
| instrumental | knurem | knurami |
| locative | knurze | knurach |
| vocative | knurze | knury |
Derived terms
adjective
- knurowaty
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