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Definition: AURUM |
AURUMNoun1. Gold. |
Date "AURUM" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Aurum \Au"rum\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: AURUM |
| English words defined with "AURUM": Fulminate of gold ♦ mosaic gold. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "AURUM": Aurate, Aureate, Auric, Auriferous, Aurigraphy, Aurivorous ♦ Chrysaurin ♦ Oriole, ormolu, Oroide, Orpiment ♦ Similor, Sulphauric. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "AURUM" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Latin (a discriminating sense of hearing, ear, 'ear', gold, gold money, hearing, pin on plow, riches), Portuguese (Au, aurum, E175, gold, pigment metal 3). |
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| "AURUM" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "AURUM" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "AURUM": aurum fulminans ♦ aurum mosaicum ♦ aurum musivum. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "AURUM": aurum-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
aurum | 72 |
aurum technology | 31 |
aurum solis | 7 |
aurum metallicum | 6 |
aurum in initiation modern mystical order solis | 3 |
aurum h2o | 3 |
aurum cellagon | 3 |
aurum lodge | 3 |
hotel aurum | 3 |
aurum muriaticum | 3 |
aurum grand hotel olympic | 3 |
aurum control.com | 2 |
aurum press | 2 |
grand hotel olympic aurum hotel | 2 |
aurum group | 2 |
aurum chemistry | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "AURUM"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | Au (Au, Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, gold, pigment metal 3), pigment metal 3 (Au, gold, pigment metal 3), guld (gold), E175 (Au, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | Aurum (Au, gold, pigment metal 3), Au (ouch, ow), pigmentmetaal 3 (Au, gold, pigment metal 3), goud (gold), E175 (Au, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | kulta (darling, gold, sweetheart), E 175 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | aurum (Au), Au (Au, Australia, Australia-ISO code, automobile, Commonwealth of Australia), pigment métallique 3 (Au), or (Au), E175 (Au). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Aurum (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), Au (fallen a part, Lea), pigment metal 3 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), Gold (gold, or), E175 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | Ε175 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), χρυσός (bullion, gold). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | aurum (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), Au (administrative unit, Au, Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), pigmento metallico 3 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), oro (gold), E175 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aurumay Aurum (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), Au (Au, Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), pigmento metalico 3 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), ouro (gold, plate), E175 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) Aurum (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), Au (access unit, Au, Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), pigment metal 3 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), oro (gold), E175 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) Aurum (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), Au (Au, Australia, Commonwealth of Australia, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), pigment metal 3 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3), guld (gold, yellow dirt, yellow metal), E 175 (Au, E175, gold, pigment metal 3). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 33 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Arguriou h crusiou h imatismou oudenoV epequmhsa |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Argentum aut aurum aut vestem nullius concupivi |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And of no man Y coueitide siluer, and gold, ether cloth, as you silf witen; |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | I have desyred no mas silver golde or vesture. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I have coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I have had no desire for any man's silver or gold or clothing. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Acts Chapter 20, Verse 33 |
| Albanian | Unë nuk kam dashur as argjend, as ar, as rrobat e ndonjërit. |
| Cebuano | Wala akoy gikaibgan nga salapi ni bisan kinsa, o bulawan, o bisti. |
| Croatian | "Ni za èijim srebrom, zlatom ili ruhom nisam hlepio. |
| Danish | Jeg har ikke begæret nogens Sølv eller Guld eller Klædebon. |
| Dutch | Ik heb niemands zilver, of goud, of kleding begeerd. |
| Finnish | En minä ole halunnut kenenkään hopeata tai kultaa tai vaatteita; |
| French | Je n`ai désiré ni l`argent, ni l`or, ni les vêtements de personne. |
| German | Ich habe euer keines Silber noch Gold noch Kleid begehrt. |
| Hungarian | Senkinek ezüstjét, vagy aranyát, vagy ruháját nem kívántam: |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Belum pernah saya menginginkan uang atau pakaian dari seseorang pun. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka tiadalah aku tamak akan perak atau emas atau pakaian orang. |
| Italian | Non ho desiderato né argento, né oro, né la veste di nessuno. |
| Latvian | Sudrabu un zeltu vai drçbes ne no viena neesmu iekârojis. |
| Maori | Kihai i hiahiatia e ahau te hiriwa, te koura, te kakahu ranei, o tetahi. |
| Norwegian | Jeg attrådde ikke sølv eller gull eller klær av nogen; |
| Portuguese | De ninguém cobicei prata, nem ouro, nem vestes. |
| Rumanian | N`am rkvnit nici la argintul, nici la aurul, nici la hainele cuiva. |
| Russian | оЙ УЕТЕ'ТБ, ОЙ ЪПМПФБ, ОЙ П"ЕЦ"Щ С ОЙ ПФ ЛПЗП ОЕ ПЦЕМБМ: |
| Shuar | Wats, wisha Chikichkí shuara Kuítrin waririncha wakerutkachuitjai. |
| Spanish | "No he codiciado ni la plata ni el oro ni el vestido de nadie. |
| Swahili | Mimi sikutamani hata mara moja fedha, wala dhahabu, wala nguo za mtu yeyote. |
| Uma | Uma-a ria mpokahina doi ba pohea hema-hema. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "AURUM": aurums. (additional references) | |
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"AURUM" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: afrum, aguru, Airuk, Akuzum, Aruru, Aubron, Aucun, auran, aurium, auroma, aurus, autrui, autum, autumm, Auyu, Ayuru, eorum, Euram, Isurium, Laurium, Oamuru, qurum, urum. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "AURUM" (pronounced ô"rum) |
| 4 | ô" r u m | decorum, forum, quorum. |
| 3 | -r u m | angstrom, arum, conundrum, durum, fulcrum, harem, maelstrom, pilgrim, rostrum, serum, spectrum, tantrum, theorem. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-m-r-u-u" | |
-1 letter: arum, mura. | |
-2 letters: amu, arm, mar, ram, rum. | |
-3 letters: am, ar, ma, mu, um. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-m-r-u-u" | |
+1 letter: aurums. | |
+2 letters: curcuma, mutular, trumeau, tumular, uranium. | |
+3 letters: alburnum, aquarium, coumarou, curcumas, laburnum, masurium, mudguard, muscular, nummular, plumular, puparium, ramulous, sudarium, trumeaux, uraniums. | |
+4 letters: alburnums, anthurium, aquariums, claustrum, coumarous, duralumin, laburnums, manubrium, marsupium, masuriums, mudguards, sugarplum, sumptuary. | |
+5 letters: ambulacrum, anthuriums, argumentum, auditorium, duralumins, duumvirate, glamourous, haustorium, majuscular, manubriums, miraculous, muscularly, nasturtium, parimutuel, quadrivium, quadrumvir, simulacrum, substratum, sudatorium, sugarplums, superhuman, tumultuary, ultrahuman, umbrageous, unmeasured. | |
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