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):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Noun

knur (plural knurs)

1. A knurl.
2. 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

• Runk

Danish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oːɐ̯

Verb

knur

1. imperative of knurre

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъnorzъ. Doublet of kiernoz.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈknur/

• (Masovia):
  • (Far Masovian) IPA^(key): /ˈknur/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ur
• Syllabification: knur

Noun

knur m animal (diminutive knurek)

1. boar (uncastrated male pig kept for reproduction)

   Synonym: kiernoz

2. (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

 

Further reading

• knur in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• knur in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Wojciech Grzegorzewicz (1894) “knur”, in Sprawozdania Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 5, Krakow: Akademia Umiejętności, page 111