allure

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: [əˈl(j)ʊɚ]

Noun

allure (uncountable)

1. The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
2. gait; bearing

   The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. — Harper's Magazine.

Translations

The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction

• Bulgarian: привлекателност (bg) (privlekatelnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 诱惑 (cmn)

• Dutch: aantrekkelijkheid (nl)
• Finnish: viehätys (fi), vetovoima (fi)
• French: attirance (fr) f
• German: Verlockung (de) f, Reiz (de) m, Anziehungskraft (de) f

• Italian: ammaliamento (it) m, fascino (it) m, incanto (it) m, attrazione (it) f
• Japanese: 魅力 (ja) (みりょく, miryoku)
• Norwegian: drag (no) n
• Polish: czar (pl), powab (pl)
• Russian: привлекательность (ru) f (privlekatelʹnostʹ)
• Spanish: encanto (es) m, fascinación (es) f, atractivo (es) f
• Ukrainian: шарм (uk) (sharm) m , привабливість (uk) (pryvablyvist) f 

Verb

allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)

1. (transitive) To entice; to attract.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II. 8:

     Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.

Synonyms

• attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce

Translations

to attempt to draw

• Bulgarian: привличам (bg) (privličam), изкушавам (bg) (izkušavam), съблазнявам (bg) (sǎblaznjavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 引诱 (cmn)

• Dutch: verleiden (nl)
• Finnish: viehättää (fi), houkutella (fi), houkuttaa (fi)
• German: locken (de), verlocken (de)
• Japanese: 魅惑する (ja) (みわくする, miwaku suru)

• Polish: wabić (pl), nęcić (pl), przyciągać (pl)
• Portuguese: atrativo (pt)
• Russian: завлекать (ru) (zavlekát')  impf., завлечь (ru) (zavléč)  pf., заманивать (ru) (zamánivat')  impf., заманить (ru) (zamanívat')  pf., прельщать (ru) (prel'ščát')  impf., прельстить (ru) (prel'stít')  pf.
• Spanish: atraer (es), cautivar (es)

Related terms

• lure

Anagrams

• laurel, Laurel

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French

Etymology

aller +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /a.lyʁ/

Noun

allure f (plural allures)

1. appearance, look
2. speed, pace
3. angle of a boat from the wind
4. gait (of a horse)

Anagrams

• la leur