lure

English

Some fishing lures

Etymology

Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish lothr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-. Compare English allure, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /lʊər/, /lɔr/, /lɝ/
• (UK) IPA: /ljʊər/, /lɔr/
• Homophone: lore (some accents)

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
2. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
3. A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.

Translations

tempting or attractive object

• Danish: lokkemiddel (da) n, lokkemad (da) c
• Dutch: lokmiddel (nl) n, (informally) lokkertje (nl) n
• Finnish: houkutin (fi)
• French: attrait (fr) m
• German: Anlockungsmittel (de) n, Lockmittel (de) n, Lockung (de) f, Lockvogel (de) m, Lure (de) f, Reiz (de) m

• Italian: attrazione (it) f, attrattiva (it) f, tentazione (it) f, lusinga (it) f, esca (it) f
• Russian: приманка (ru) (primánka) f
• Spanish: encanto (es) m, atractivo (es) m
• Telugu: గాలము (te) (galamu)
• Turkish: câzibe (tr), çığırtkan (tr)

artificial fishing bait

• Danish: blink (da) n and c
• Finnish: viehe (fi)
• French: leurre (fr) m
• Galician: anzol (gl) m
• German: Köder (de) m
• Italian: esca (it) f
• Norwegian: agn (no) n

• Portuguese: isca (pt)
• Russian: блесна (ru) (blesná) f
• Spanish: anzuelo (es) m, cebo (es) m
• Swedish: agn (sv) n, bete (sv) n
• Telugu: ఎర (te) (era)
• Turkish: yem (tr)

Verb

lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)

1. To attract by temptation etc.; to entice.
2. To recall a hawk with a lure.

Translations

to entice

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誘惑 (cmn), 诱惑 (cmn) (yòuhuò)

• Danish: lokke (da)
• Finnish: houkutella (fi)
• French: attirer (fr) (dans un piège), séduire (fr), leurrer (fr)
• German: anlocken (de), locken (de), ködern (de)
• Italian: sedurre (it), incantare (it), ammaliare (it), tentare (it), adescare (it)
• Japanese: 誘惑する (ja) (ゆうわくする, yūwaku suru), 誘い出す (ja) (さそいだす, sasoidasu) (away, out), 誘い込む (ja) (さそいこむ, sasoikomu) (in, into)

• Russian: соблазнять (ru) (soblaznjátʹ) impf., приманивать (ru) (primánivatʹ) impf., манить (ru) (manítʹ) impf., завлекать (ru) (zavlekátʹ) impf.
• Spanish: seducir (es), encantar (es), atraer (es)
• Telugu: ఊరించు (te) (urincu)
• Turkish: aklını çelmek (tr), ayartmak (tr), cezbetmek (tr), çekmek (tr), kandırmak (tr), yemlemek (tr)

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• Arabic: عربي: طُعم، إغراء (ar)

Related terms

• allure

Anagrams

• rule

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Verb

lure (present tense lurer; past tense lurte; past participle lurt)

1. deceive, trick

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Old French

Etymology

Frankish

Noun

lure f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures)

1. lure (bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)

Descendants

• English: lure

References

• lure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub