gaur

Alternative forms

• gour (dated)

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गौर (gaur), from Sanskrit गौर (gaura). Attested in English since the early 19th century.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʊ.ə/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaʊ.əɹ/

Noun

gaur (plural gaurs or gaur)

1. An Asian species of wild bovine (Bos gaurus), of large size and an untamable disposition.
   • 1889, William T. Hornaday, The Extermination of the American Bison‎:

     […] I am sure that the American bison is the grandest of them all. His only rivals for the kingship are the Indian bison, or gaur (Bos gaurus), of Southern India, and the aurochs, or European bison, both of which really surpass him in height, if not in actual balk also.

   • 1914, Edward Hamilton Aitken, Concerning Animals and Other Matters‎:

     Of the other ruminants the ox, buffalo, yak, goat, sheep and a few others are domestic animals, while the bison and the gaur, or so-called Indian bison, and a large number of wild goats and sheep have been neglected.

References

• “gaur”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “gaur”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

Further reading

• gaur on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bos gaurus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Bos gaurus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Bos gaurus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.

Anagrams

• Guar., Gura, Urga, guar, ragu, ragù, ruga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡau̯r/ [ɡau̯r]

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• Rhymes: -au̯r
• Hyphenation: gaur

Adverb

gaur (not comparable)

1. today

Pronunciation

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Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

• “gaur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “gaur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi गौर (gaur).

Noun

gaur m anim

1. gaur, wild cattle

Further reading

• “gaur”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔʁ/

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Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur

Further reading

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

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /køyːr/

  Rhymes: -øyːr

Noun

gaur m (genitive singular gaurs, nominative plural gaurar)

1. (dated) pole
2. (dated) a gangly youth/man
3. a loud, unruly boy
4. (slang) fellow, guy, dude

Etymology

Borrowed from French gaur.

Noun

gaur m (plural gauri)

1. gaur

Noun

gaur m (plural gaurs)

1. gaur