sur

sur

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Mwaghavul.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Mwaghavul terms

Ultimately from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈsu(ɾ)/
• Syllabification: sur
• Rhymes: -u(ɾ)

sur m

1. south

• “sur”, in Aragonario, diccionario aragonés–castellano (in Spanish)

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾ/ [ˈsuɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: sur

sur m (uncountable)

1. south

   Antonym: norte

• IPA^(key): /s̺ur/ [s̺ur]
• Rhymes: -ur
• Hyphenation: sur

sur inan

1. (Biscayan) alternative form of sudur (“nose, trunk”)

• “sudur”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “sur”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Borrowed from Spanish sur.

• IPA^(key): /suɾ/ [suɾ]
• Hyphenation: sur

súr (Basahan spelling ᜐᜓᜍ᜔)

1. south

   Synonym: habagatan

   Antonyms: norte, amihanan

From French sûr.

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): /ˈsyːr/
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): /ˈsiːr/, /ˈziːr/

sur

1. certain, sure

• IPA^(key): /sur/, [suɐ̯ˀ]
• Rhymes: -ur

Verbal noun to surre (“to whirr”) (imitative).

sur n (singular definite surret, plural indefinite sur)

1. whirr (a sibilant buzz or vibration from insect wings)

From Old Norse súrr (“sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.

sur (neuter surt, plural and definite singular attributive sure)

1. sour (having an acid, sharp or tangy taste)
2. (chemistry) acidic
3. (of dairy products) spoiled
4. (of a person or communication) surly, cross, annoyed, sulky, sore
5. (of work or situation) unpleasant

• “sur” in Den Danske Ordbog

From French sur. Doublet of super.

• IPA^(key): /sur/

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: sur

sur

1. on, upon

   La kato dormis sur la lito.

   The cat was sleeping on the bed.

2. onto [with accusative]

• surhavi
• surmeti

• (Europe) IPA^(key): /syʁ/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /sʏʁ/

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• Homophones: sûr, sûre, surent, sûres, sûrs
• Rhymes: -yʁ

Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur, seur, sor, soure, souvre, sovre (“on, upon, over”), from Latin super (“over, on, above”). Doublet of super, a borrowing. Cognate with Old English ofer (“over, above”). More at over.

sur

1. on, upon
2. on top of
3. from on top of
4. above
5. out of

   sept sur dix ― seven out of ten

6. in the case of
7. about, concerning
8. (informal, France) in (a place)

   Synonyms: à, en, dans

   sur Paris ― in Paris

• (above): au-dessus de
• sur ce

• (antonym(s) of “on”): sous
• (antonym(s) of “on top of”): dessous
• (antonym(s) of “above”): au-dessous de

Inherited from Middle French sur, from Old French sur (“sour, bitter”), from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”), from Proto-Germanic *sūraz (“sour”). More at English sour.

sur (feminine sure, masculine plural surs, feminine plural sures)

1. sour

• sûr (adjective, "sure")
• sur-

• “sur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

• S
• sul (reintegrationist)

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾ/ [ˈs̺uɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Hyphenation: sur

sur m (plural sures)

1. (uncountable) south (cardinal direction)
2. (uncountable) the southern portion of a territory or region
3. (countable) a southern; a wind blowing from the south

• (antonym(s) of “south”): norte, setentrión
• (antonym(s) of “southern portion”): norte

• leste
• norte
• occidente

• “sur”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “sur”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “sur”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “sur”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “sur”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• “sur”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026

Borrowed from French sur, Italian su.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsur/

sur

1. on

From Latin super (“above”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈsur/
• Rhymes: -ur
• Hyphenation: sùr

sur

1. (archaic) alternative form of su used before words beginning with u (especially indefinite articles)

   sur un tavolo ― on a table

• sur in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

sur

1. romanization of ꦱꦸꦂ

• IPA^(key): /suːr/
• Rhymes: -uːr

From Arabic سُور (sūr).

sur m (plural swar)

1. wall, rampart
   • 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

     U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,
     u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,
     u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu
     bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. bastion
3. rock

Contraction of sinjur, from Sicilian signuri.

sur m (usually uncountable)

1. mister, sir

   is-Sur Buttiġieġ ― Mr Buttigieg

sur

1. alternative form of sure

From Old High German sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHrós.

sūr

1. sour

• Central Franconian: suur, souer (Moselle Franconian)
• German: sauer
• Luxembourgish: sauer
• Vilamovian: zaojwer
• Yiddish: זויער (zoyer)
• → Polish: żur

• “sur” in Mittelhochdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Matthias von Lexer, 3 vols., Leipzig 1872–1878.
• Köbler, Gerhard (2014), Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch (in German), 3rd edition

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

sur (neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surere, indefinite superlative surest, definite superlative sureste)

1. sour (e.g. the characteristic taste of a lemon)
2. In a bad temper, sulky
3. acidic

   sur nedbør ― acid rain

4. cold, unpleasant (often about weather)

   Det er surt ute.

   The weather is unpleasant outside

   Han prøver å gjøre livet surt for meg.

   He's trying to make life difficult for me.

• (taste): skarp, snerpende
• (bad temper): gretten, sint

• søt
• blid, glad

• surdeig

• syrlig

• “sur” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros. Cognate with Danish sur, Icelandic súr, Dutch zuur, English sour and German sauer.

sur (neuter singular surt, definite singular and plural sure, comparative surare, indefinite superlative surast, definite superlative suraste)

1. sour
2. acidic

   sur nedbør ― acid rain

3. bad-tempered, annoyed, in a foul mood

   Synonym: gretten

4. used about old socks which are smelling bad

• surdeig

• “sur” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-West Germanic *sūr. Cognate with Old Saxon sūr, Old High German sūr, Old Norse súrr.

• IPA^(key): /suːr/
• Rhymes: -ūr

sūr

1. sour

• sūrnes

• Middle English: sur, sour
  • English: sour
  • Scots: sour, soor

Borrowed from Frankish *sūr (“acidic, sour”). 1160 CE.

sur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular sure)

1. sour, bitter

• Middle French: sur, sour
  • French: sur
• Walloon: sèr (Forrières)

sur

1. alternative form of seur

From Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-West Germanic *sūr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *suHrós.

sūr

1. sour

• Middle High German: sūr
  • Central Franconian: suur, souer (Moselle Franconian)
  • German: sauer
  • Luxembourgish: sauer
  • Vilamovian: zaojwer
  • Yiddish: זויער (zoyer)
  • → Polish: żur

From Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz.

sūr

1. sour

head=sūr

• Swedish: sur

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *sáras, from Proto-Indo-European *sélos.

sur (Pashki)^[1]

1. lake
2. pond

• 𐴏𐴟𐴌 (sur) — Hanifi Rohingya script

From Sanskrit चोर (cora).

sur (Hanifi spelling 𐴏𐴟𐴌)

1. thief

• suri / 𐴏𐴟𐴌𐴞 (suri)

Most likely from a Slavic language. Compare Bulgarian сур (sur), Serbo-Croatian sur. A less likely etymology connects it to Latin syrus, or links it with Italian soro.

• IPA^(key): /sur/

sur m or n (feminine singular sură, masculine plural suri, feminine/neuter plural sure)

1. grey

   Synonyms: gri, brumăriu

Compare surov.

• IPA^(key): /sûːr/

sȗr (Cyrillic spelling су̑р, definite sȗrī)

1. (expressive, literary) ash-gray
2. (expressive, literary, figurative) gray, gloomy (of weather)
3. (expressive, literary, figurative) glum, stern, scowling, sullen (of person's face or mood)

• “sur”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-West Germanic *sunþr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾ/ [ˈsuɾ]

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• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: sur

sur m (plural sures)

1. south

   Synonyms: ostro, austro

   Antonyms: norte, septentrión

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• “sur”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
• “sur”, in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas [Panhispanic Dictionary of Doubts] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Royal Spanish Academy; Association of Academies of the Spanish Language, 2023, →ISBN

sur

1. romanization of 𒋩 (sur)

From Old Swedish sūr, from Old Norse súrr, from Proto-Germanic *sūraz, from Proto-Indo-European *súHros.

• IPA^(key): /sʉːr/

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• Rhymes: -ʉːr

sur (comparative surare, superlative surast)

1. sour (having the characteristic taste of for example a lemon or vinegar)
2. sour (rancid)

   sur mjölk

   sour milk

3. acidic

   sur jord

   acidic soil

4. angry, annoyed

   Jag blir så jäkla sur när han gör så där

   I get so damn angry when he does that

5. bad, sour (of a feeling or the like)

   Det känns surt att vi förlorade

   It feels bad that we lost

6. wet, damp (of something that should be dry)

   sura strumpor

   wet socks

• syrlig (“slightly sour”)

• sur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• urs

Borrowed from Spanish sur, from French sud, from Middle French sud, from Old French su, sud (“south”), a Germanic borrowing, from Old English sūþ (“south”).

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈsuɾ/ [ˈsʊɾ]
• Rhymes: -uɾ
• Syllabification: sur

sur (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜓᜇ᜔) (uncommon)

1. south (compass point)

   Synonym: timog

   • 1985, Francisco Soc Rodrigo, Mga tula at tilamsik ng diwa:

     At, sa angkan naman ng ating First Lady, si Kokoy, na siyang governor ng Leyte, Ay embahador pa sa lahat ng parte - Sa este't oeste, sa sur at sa norte!

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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• “sur”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2025
• “sur”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish سور,^[1] from Arabic سُور (sūr).^[2]

sur (definite accusative suru, plural surlar)

1. city wall

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish صور,^[3] from Arabic صُور (ṣūr).^[4]

sur (definite accusative suru, plural surlar)

1. horn

From Old English sūr (“sour”).^[1]

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /sɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /siːr/
• Rhymes: -ɨːr
• Homophone: sir (South Wales)

sur (feminine singular sur, plural surion, equative sured, comparative surach, superlative suraf, not mutable)

1. sour, acidic

   Synonyms: egr, chwibl, asidaidd, asidig

• suraidd (“sourish, tart”)
• surbwch (“spoilsport”)

sur m (uncountable, not mutable)

1. (obsolete) acid

   Synonym: asid