urine
pronunciation
How to pronounce urine in British English:
UK [ˈjʊərɪn]
How to pronounce urine in American English:
US [ˈjʊrɪn]
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- Noun:
- liquid excretory product
Word Origin
- urine
- urine: [14] Urine comes via Old French urine from Latin ūrīna, which may be related to Greek oúron ‘urine’ (source of English urea [19], ureter [16], urethra [17], and uric [18]) and Sanskrit varsa- ‘rain’. Urinal [13] comes from the late Latin derivative ūrīnālis.
- urine (n.)
- c. 1300, from Old French orine, urine (12c.) and directly from Latin urina "urine," from PIE *ur- (cognates: Greek ouron "urine"), variant of root *we-r- "water, liquid, milk" (cognates: Sanskrit var "water," Avestan var "rain," Lithuanian jures "sea," Old English wær, Old Norse ver "sea," Old Norse ur "drizzling rain"), related to *eue-dh-r (see udder).
Example
- 1. But not all abnormal urine colors are bad news .
- 2. The stench of death mingled with the stench of urine .
- 3. Urine was used for tanning leather and in the making of saltpetre , an important component of gunpowder .
- 4. Urine is discarded out into space .
- 5. As they are attracted to urine with excess sugar .