ouro

From Old Galician-Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈowɾo/ [ˈow.ɾʊ]
• Rhymes: -owɾo
• Hyphenation: ou‧ro

ouro m (uncountable)

1. gold

• dourado
• dourar

• “ouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ouro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “ouro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ouro”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012
• “ouro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ouro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Latin aurum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

ouro m

1. gold

Inherited from Latin aurum (“gold”), from Old Latin ausum (“gold”), from Proto-Italic *auzom (“gold”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈow.ɾo/

ouro m

1. gold (as mineral or metal)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 348 (facsimile):

     Como ſanta maria demoſtrou a ũu Rey que trobaua por ela gran teſouro douro ⁊ de prata.

     How Holy Mary revealed a great treasure of gold and silver to a king who wrote songs for Her.

2. gold (colour)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 384 (facsimile):

     A primeyra era ouro / coor rrica ⁊ fremoſa / a ſemellante da uirgen / nobre ⁊ mui preçioſa.

     The first one was gold, a rich and beautiful colour, similar to the noble and very gorgeous Virgin.

• Galician: ouro
• Portuguese: ouro (see there for further descendants)

• oiro

• Rhymes: -owɾu
• Hyphenation: ou‧ro

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ouro, from Latin aurum, from Latin ausum, from Proto-Italic *auzom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂é-h₂us-o- (“glow”).

ouro m (plural ouros)

1. (chemistry) gold (chemical element)
2. gold (coin)
3. gold (colour)
4. gold (medal)
5. singular of ouros (“diamonds”) (one of the four suits of playing cards)

• → Kadiwéu: oolo
• → Itsekiri: oro

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

ouro

1. first-person singular present indicative of ourar