ordure
Dung, excrementDung, excrement.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Dung, excrement.
экскрементыekskrementy
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Dirt, filth.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)Something regarded as contaminating or perverting the morals; obscene material.
- solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Translations
4 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English ordure, ordure, borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman orFrom Middle English ordure, ordure, borrowed from Middle French ordure and Anglo-Norman ordure, ordeur(e), ordor(e), ordour from Old French ordure (“dirt, filth, refuse; dung, excrement; moral filth”) (modern French ordure), from ord (“filthy”) + -ure (suffix forming nouns describing the results of actions). Ord is derived from Latin horridus (“dreadful, frightful, horrid”), from horreō (“to stand erect, stand on end; to shiver, tremble; to be afraid of, dread; to be frightful”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰers- (“stiff; surprised”)) + -idus (suffix meaning ‘tending to’).
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Forms
plural: orduresSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable