anuran
an·ur·an/əˈn(j)ʊɹən/noun, adjective
anuran is a noun meaning “Any amphibian of the order Anura: any frog (narrow sense) or toad” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-U-R-A-N and has 3 syllables (an·ur·an), and it appears about once in every 65 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of anuran is anurans.
What does anuran mean?
noun
- 1
Any amphibian of the order Anura: any frog (narrow sense) or toad.
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to the order Anura.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anuran?
- UK /əˈnjʊəɹ(ə)n/
- US /əˈn(j)ʊɹən/
- US /æ-/
Anuran has 3 syllables, split an·ur·an in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-anuran.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of anuran
- anurans plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anuran?
Anuran appears about once in every 65 million words in written English, the 252,559th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anuran in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense amphibian of the order Anura:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | anoure |
| German | Froschlurch |
| Portuguese | anuro |
| Spanish | anuro |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anuran come from?
From New Latin Anoura, Anura (“name of the order of amphibians”), or from French Anoures (“name of a family of amphibians”), from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “lacking”)) + Ancient Greek οὐρά (ourá, “tail”) + -an.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).