noun, masculine/uʁs/
bear; A person like a bear:; masthead, imprint (list of a publication's main staff); rough cut; prison, jail
“faire l'ours” — to be a loner
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos Proto-Italic *orsos Latin ursus Old French urs Middle French ours French ours Inherited from Middle French ours, from Old French urs, from Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orsos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ŕ̥tḱos. The Early Modern French pronunciation was /uʁ/ before consonants, /uʁz/ before vowels, and /uʁs/ in pausa. For the most part, the pausal pronunciations were eventually lost, but in some cases they were re-established as the basic form (reinf