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Is urus a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word urus is a Scrabble US word. The word urus is worth 4 points in Scrabble:

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Is urus a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word urus is a Scrabble UK word and has 4 points:

U1R1U1S1

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Yes. The word urus is a Words With Friends word. The word urus is worth 6 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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4-letter words (1 found)

URUS,

3-letter words (1 found)

SUR,

2-letter words (2 found)

UR,US,

You can make 4 words from urus according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of urus

urus ruus uurs uurs ruus urus ursu rusu usru suru rsuu sruu uusr uusr usur suur usur suur rusu ursu rsuu sruu usru suru

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Definitions and meaning of urus

urus

Etymology 1

From Latin ūrus. Doublet of ure (“aurochs”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈjʊəɹəs/

Noun

urus (plural uri or uruses)

  1. The aurochs.
Related terms
  • aurochs (perhaps related)
  • ure

Etymology 2

Noun

urus (plural uruses)

  1. Synonym of jatra (“annual village festival in India”)
Related terms
  • urs

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay urus, from Classical Malay hurus, urus.

Verb

urus

  1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
  2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

Synonyms

  • rawat
  • pelihara, piara
  • atur

Latin

Etymology

According to Julius Caesar, of Celtic origin. Perhaps indirectly related to Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈuː.rus/, [ˈuːrʊs̠]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈu.rus/, [ˈuːrus]

Noun

ūrus m (genitive ūrī); second declension

  1. an aurochs

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

  • → Ancient Greek: οὖρος (oûros)
  • Catalan: ur
  • → English: ure, urus
  • French: ure
  • Italian: uro
  • Portuguese: uro
  • Spanish: uro

References

  • “urus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “urus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • urus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Malay

Pronunciation

  • (Johor-Selangor) IPA(key): /uros/
  • (Riau-Lingga) IPA(key): /urʊs/
  • Rhymes: -uros, -ros, -os
  • Rhymes: -us

Verb

urus (Jawi spelling اوروس)

  1. to manage (to direct or be in charge)
  2. to manage (to handle or control a situation or job)

Derived terms

  • urusan
  • berurus
  • mengurus
  • menguruskan
  • pengurus
  • pengurusan
  • terurus

Descendants

Further reading

  • “urus” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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