Meanings
fur1
nounfur (countable and uncountable, plural furs)
plural furs
- countableAn animal pelt used to make, trim or line clothing.
During the colonial period, Britain used Canada as a major source of furs.
- countableA garment made of fur.
November 17, 1716, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, letter to the Countess of Mar wrapped up in my furs
- A coating or lining resembling fur in function and/or appearance.
- uncountableThe soft, downy covering on the skin of a peach.
- uncountableThe deposit formed on the interior of boilers and other vessels by hard water.
- uncountableThe layer of epithelial debris on a tongue.
- uncountablehobbiesRabbits and hares, as opposed to partridges and pheasants (called feathers).
- countableA furry, a member of the furry fandom.
"You want to know what brings furries together?" she asks. "Furs are here because they don't fit in anywhere else. For real furs, this is the only place they feel comfortable."
2006, Shari Caudron, Who Are You People? - informaluncountableHuman body hair, especially when abundant.
- slanguncountablevulgarSexual attractiveness.
verbfur (third-person singular simple present furs, present participle furring, simple past and past participle furred)
present singular third person furs · participle present furring · participle past furred · past furred
fur2
conjunction
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of for.
preposition
- pronunciation spellingPronunciation spelling of for.
1 more example
A’most the moment as she lighted heer, all so desolate, she found (as she believed) a friend; a decent woman as spoke to her about the needle-work as she had been brought up to do, about finding plenty of it fur her, about a lodging fur the night, and making secret inquiration concerning of me and all at home, to-morrow.
1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, “The Beginning of a Longer Journey”, in The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, […], published 1850, →OCLC, page 516
Fur3
proper noun
- The language of this people.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo level a surface by applying furring to it.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*fōdrą
- Frankish*fōdr
- Anglo-Normanfuerre
- Middle Englishfurre
- Englishfur
From Middle English furre, forre, from Anglo-Norman forre, fuerre (“case; sheath”), from Frankish *fōdar, from Proto-West Germanic *fōdr, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) (compare Old English fōdor (“sheaf”), Dutch voering (“lining”), German Futter (“lining”), Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr, “sheath”)), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂-, *poh₂- (“to protect”) (compare Lithuanian piemuō (“protection”), Ancient Greek πῶῠ̈ (pôŭ̈, “flock”), πῶμα (pôma, “lid”), ποιμήν (poimḗn, “shepherd”), Old Armenian հաւրան (hawran, “herd, flock”), Northern Kurdish pawan (“to watch over”), Sanskrit पाति (pāti, “he watches, protects”). The verb is from Middle English furren, from Anglo-Norman furrer, forrer, fourrer (“to line, stuff, fill”), from the noun.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic فَرْو, مِعْطَف
- فَرْو (farw)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- مِعْطَف (miʕṭaf)hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- ثَوْبٌ مُفَرًّى (ṯawbun mufarran)hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- فَرَّى (farrā)to cover with fur
Bulgarian ко́зина, ко́жа
- ко́зина (kózina)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- ко́жаhairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- кожа (koža)pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
Chinese Cantonese 毛皮
- 毛皮 (mou⁴ pei⁴)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Chinese Mandarin 毛皮
- 毛皮 (máopí)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Czech srst, kožešina
- srsthairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- kožešinahairy skin processed to serve as clothing
Danish pels, pels
- pelshairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pelshairy skin processed to serve as clothing
Dutch bont, pels
- bonthairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pelshairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- vachthairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pelshairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- vachthairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- bontpelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- pelspelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- voeringcoating resembling fur
- voerento cover with fur
Esperanto (kruda) felo, pelto
- (kruda) felohairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- peltohairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- peltaĵohairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- peltopelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- peltaĵopelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- artefarita peltocoating resembling fur
- artefarita peltaĵocoating resembling fur
Estonian karvastik, kasukas
- karvastikhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- kasukashairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Finnish turkki, karva
- turkkihairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- karvahairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- nahkahairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- taljahairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- turkishairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- turkispelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- karvapelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- taljapelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- levyepiteelilayer of epithelial debris
- karvacoating resembling fur
French fourrure, fourrer
- fourrurehairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- fourrerto cover with fur
German Fell, Pelz
- Fellhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- Pelzhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- Behaarunghairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- Pelzhairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- Pelzpelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- Pelzcoating resembling fur
Greek γούνα
- γούνα (goúna)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Hebrew פרווה, פַּרְוָה
- פרווהhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- פַּרְוָה (parvá)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Hindi रोआँ, ऊर्णाजिन
- रोआँ (roā̃)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- ऊर्णाजिन (ūrṇājin)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- पशम (paśam)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Hungarian szőrme, prém
- szőrmehairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- prémhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- bundahairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Icelandic loðskinn
- loðskinnhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Indonesian bulu
- buluhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Irish fionnadh, clúmh
- fionnadhhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- clúmhhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- bianhairy skin processed to serve as clothing
Italian pelliccia, vello
- pellicciahairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- vellohairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pellicciahairy skin processed to serve as clothing
Japanese 毛皮
- 毛皮 (kegawa)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Korean 모피
- 모피 (mopi)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Latvian kažokāda, kažoks
- kažokādahairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- kažokshairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Lithuanian kailis
- kailishairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Malay bulu
- buluhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Norwegian Bokmål pels, pelsverk
- pelshairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pelsverkpelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
Polish futro, sierść
- futrohairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- sierśćhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- futrohairy skin processed to serve as clothing
Portuguese pelo, pelagem
- pelohairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pelagemhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pelehairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- forrarto cover with fur
Romanian blană, blană
- blanăhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- blanăhairy skin processed to serve as clothing
Russian мех, шерсть
- мех (mex)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- шерсть (šerstʹ)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- шку́ра (škúra)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- мех (mex)hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- пушни́на (pušnína)hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- мех (mex)pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
Scottish Gaelic bian, feannadh
- bianhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- feannadhhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- bianhairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- bianpelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- feannadhpelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
Slovak srsť
- srsťhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Spanish pelo, pelaje
- pelohairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pelajehairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pielhairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- pelajecoating resembling fur
- pielcoating resembling fur
Swahili unyoya, unyoya
- unyoyahairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- unyoyahairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- unyoyapelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- unyoyalayer of epithelial debris
- unyoyacoating resembling fur
- unyoyato cover with fur
Swedish päls, päls
- pälshairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- pälshairy skin processed to serve as clothing
Thai ขน
- ขน (kǒn)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Turkish kürk, post
- kürkhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- posthairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Ukrainian хутро́, ху́тро
- хутро́ (xutró)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- ху́тро (xútro)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- шерсть (šerstʹ)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Urdu سَمُور, پَشَم
- سَمُور (samūr)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- پَشَم (paśam)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Vietnamese lông
- lônghairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Welsh blew
- blewhairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
Yiddish פּעלץ, פֿוטער
- פּעלץ (pelts)hairy coat of a mammal, especially when fine, soft and thick
- פֿוטער (futer)hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- פּעלץ (pelts)hairy skin processed to serve as clothing
- פֿוטער (futer)pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
- פּעלץ (pelts)pelt used to make, trim or line clothing apparel
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with fur
yourwereherpermatureensurevoyeurreferoccurmirrorsircellularerpreferintercureurentrepreneurinsurestirerrcurobscurebur
All rhymes →Sounds the same
fir (fern–fir–fur merger)fairfare (both fair–fur merger)fir (fern–fir–fur merger)fairfare (both fair–fur merger)
Anagrams
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APA
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MLA
“fur.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fur,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fur.
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