dour

== English == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Scots dour, possibly from Latin dūrus (“hard, stern”), via Middle Irish dúr. Compare French dur, Catalan dur, Italian duro, Portuguese duro, Romanian dur, Spanish duro. Doublet of dure. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʊə/, /ˈdaʊə/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʊɹ/, /ˈdaʊɚ/, /ˈdaʊ.ɚ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈdur/ Rhymes: -aʊə(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ) Homophones: Daur, doer, door, dower (some speakers) ==== Adjective ==== dour (comparative dourer or more dour, superlative dourest or most dour) Stern, harsh and forbidding. Synonyms: forbidding, harsh, severe, stern Unyielding and obstinate. Synonym: stubborn Expressing gloom or melancholy. Synonyms: dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen ===== Derived terms ===== dourly dourness ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== dour (plural dours) Alternative form of daur. === Anagrams === doru, ordu == Breton == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle Breton dour, from Proto-Brythonic *duβr, from Proto-Celtic *dubros, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰubʰrós (“deep”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈduːr/ === Noun === dour m (plural dourioù or doureier) water (by extension) rain, tears, sweat, saliva ==== Derived terms ==== dourek === Mutation === == Champenois == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dur/ === Noun === dour m alternative form of jou == Scots == === Etymology === Derived from Middle Irish dúr, from Latin dūrus (“hard”). === Adjective === dour stern, severe, relentless, dour ==== Descendants ==== → English: dour === References === “dour”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.