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-ure

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ure"

English

Pronunciation

enPR: (when stressed) -o͝or, (when unstressed) -ər
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /-ʊə̯/, /-ɔː/; /-ə/
(General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /-ʊɹ/; /-əɹ/
(General Australian) IPA^(key): /-ʊə̯/; /-ə/
(New Zealand) IPA^(key): /-ʉ(ː)ə̯/, /-oː/; /-ə/
(Scotland) IPA^(key): /-ʉɹ/; /-əɹ/
(India) IPA^(key): /-ʊwɜ̯(ː)(ɾ)/, /-oː(ɾ)/, /-uːɾ/; /-ɜː(ɾ)/, /-əɾ/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ə(ɹ)
Hyphenation: -ure

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle English -ure, from Old French -ure, from Latin -ūra.

Suffix

-ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures) (no longer productive)

A process; a condition; a result of an action.
‎erase + ‎-ure → ‎erasure
An official entity or function.

Derived terms

Translations

Translations

See also

-tion

Etymology 2

Derived from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́).

Suffix

-ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures)

A tail.

Derived terms

English terms suffixed with -ure (tail)

Related terms

uro- (“tail”)

Anagrams

ERU, EUR, Eur., Rue, eur-, eur., rue

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French -(ë)ure, from Latin -(ā)tūram, the accusative case of -(ā)tūra.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /yʁ/

Suffix

-ure f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures)

forms nouns describing the result of an action
‎brûler (“to burn”) + ‎-ure → ‎brûlure (“burn”)

‎blesser (“to injure”) + ‎-ure → ‎blessure (“injury”)

-ure m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures)

(chemistry) -ide
‎iode (“iodine”) + ‎-ure → ‎iodure (“iodide”)

Derived terms

French terms suffixed with -ure

Further reading

“-ure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old French -eure, -ure, from Latin -(ā)tūra, -(ā)tūram.

Alternative forms

-ewr, -our, -oure, -owre, -ur

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /-ˈiu̯r(ə)/, /-ˈuːr(ə)/, /-ur(ə)/

Suffix

-ure

Forms abstract nouns denoting actions or results.
(less common) forms nouns denoting states or things.

Derived terms

Middle English terms suffixed with -ure

Descendants

English: -ure
Scots: -ure

References

“-ūre, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Etymology 2

Suffix

-ure

alternative form of -our

Old French

Alternative forms

-eure
-eüre

Etymology

From Latin -(ā)tūram, the accusative case of -(ā)tūra.

Suffix

-ure

used to form usually feminine, usually abstract nouns

Descendants

French: -ure
→ Middle English: -ure, -ewr, -our, -oure, -owre, -ur
- English: -ure
- Scots: -ure

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