Aurochsとは 意味・読み方・使い方

別の表記

• auroch, aurox

語源

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.

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊɹɒks/, /ˈɔːɹɒks/

名詞

aurochs (複数形 aurochs または aurochses または aurochsen) ^[1]

1. An extinct European mammal, Bos primigenius, the ancestor of domestic cattle.
2. (zoology) The European bison (Bison bonasus, または 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.
• Notes:

名詞

aurochs

1. plural of auroch