touoré

Norman

Alternative forms

• touothé, touathé (Jersey)
• tuore (Sark)

Etymology

From an Old Northern French [Term?] variant of Old French torel (compare French taureau), a diminutive of tor, taur, from Latin taurus.

Noun

touoré m (plural touorés)

1. (France, Guernsey) ox
   • 1903, Edgar MacCulloch, “Proverbs, Weather Sayings, etc.”, in Guernsey Folk Lore‎^[1], pages 531-32:

     Mars qui entre coume ùn agné sortira coume ùn touaré.

     March that enters like a lamb will leave like a bull.