LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

furnus

furnus m (genitive furnī)
Classical[ˈfʊr.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfur.nus]

Meaning

  1. masculineoven
  2. masculinebakery

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativefurnusfurnī
fornī
genitivefurnī
fornī		furnōrum
fornōrum
dativefurnō
fornō		furnīs
fornīs
accusativefurnum
fornum		furnōs
fornōs
ablativefurnō
fornō		furnīs
fornīs
vocativefurne
forne		furnī
fornī

furnus (fornus, Varr. ap. Non. 531, 32), i, m. Sanscr. ghar-, to lighten; cf.: fornus, fornax, and v. formus,
I. an oven (syn.: caminus, fornax, clibanus): in furnum calidum condito, Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 1: malim istius modi mi amicos furno mersos quam foro, id. Ep. 1, 2, 16; Varr. l. l.; Plin. 13, 4, 9, § 48; 19, 1, 3, § 18; 20, 9, 39, § 99; Ov. F. 6, 313. Used by the Romans as a warming-place, Hor. S. 1, 4, 36; id. Ep. 1, 11, 13.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰer-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*gʷʰr̥nós
  3. Proto-Italic*xʷornos
  4. Proto-Italic*fornos
  5. Latinfurnus

Latin furnus From earlier fornus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from *xʷornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥nós, from *gʷʰer- (“to be warm”) + *-nós (adjectival suffix). Cognate with Old Irish gorn, Proto-Slavic *gъrnъ, Albanian zjarr, Old Armenian ջերմ (ǰerm). Related to formus.

Elsewhere
  • Italianforno
  • Frenchfourfrom Old French forn
  • Occitanfornfrom Old Occitan forn
  • Catalanforn
  • Portuguesefornofrom Old Galician-Portuguese forno
  • Spanishhornofrom Old Spanish forno
  • Spanishfornofrom Old Spanish forno
  • Sardinianforru
  • Sardinianfurru
  • Corsicanfornu
Eastern Romance
  • Aromanianfurnu
  • Aromanianfur
  • Aromanianfuru
  • Aromanianfurnã
Old Navarro-Aragonese
  • Aragoneseforno
Rhaeto-Romance
  • Friulianfôr
  • Ladinforn
  • Romanshfurn
  • Romanshfuorn
Serbo-Croatian
  • Cyrillic scriptфуруна
  • Latin scriptfuruna

In English words that came into English from furnus

  • furnacefornāx
  • hornitofurnus

Quick answers

What does furnus mean in Latin?
furnus, a noun, means “oven; bakery”.
What is the genitive of furnus?
The genitive singular is furnī. furnus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce furnus?
In classical Latin, [ˈfʊr.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfur.nus].
Where does furnus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- → Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥nós → Proto-Italic *xʷornos → Proto-Italic *fornos → Latin furnus.