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awr.

hour

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/au̯r/

  1. hour

    feminine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh awr, from Proto-Brythonic *ọr, from Latin hōra.

noun/au̯r/

  1. gold

    masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh awr, from Proto-Brythonic *awr, from Vulgar Latin aurum. The now-normative synonym aur is derived from the Latin adjective aureus (“golden”, adjective), see entry for more detail.

adj/au̯r/

  1. golden

    not-comparable · obsolete

  2. excellent, fine

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle Welsh awr, from Proto-Brythonic *awr, from Vulgar Latin aurum. The now-normative synonym aur is derived from the Latin adjective aureus (“golden”, adjective), see entry for more detail.

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