deure

See also: deuré

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪørə/

Noun

deure

1. plural of deur

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Catalan

Etymology

From , from Latin dēbēre, present active infinitive of dēbeō (“owe”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin root *debĕre). Compare Occitan deure, dever, French devoir, Spanish deber.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈdɛw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈdəw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdew.ɾe]

Noun

deure m (plural deures)

1. duty, obligation

Verb

deure (first-person singular present dec, first-person singular preterite deguí, past participle degut)

1. to have to

   Synonym: haver de

2. to owe

Further reading

• “deure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “deure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “deure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “deure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈuː.re/, [d̪eˈuːrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈu.re/, [d̪eˈuːre]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) deūre

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deūrō

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Occitan

Alternative forms

• dever

Etymology

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin dēbēre, present active infinitive of dēbeō (“I owe”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin root *debĕre)

Verb

deure

1. to have to
2. to owe

Conjugation

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		deure			aver devent
gerund		deure (also dever)			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		devent			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	degut	devi	deves	deu	devèm	devètz
	imperfect	devon	deviái	deviás	deviá	deviam	deviatz
	preterite	devián	deurai	deuràs	deurà	deurem	deuretz
	future	deuràn	deguèri	deguères	deguèt	deguèrem	deguèretz
	conditional	deguèron	deuriái	deuriás	deuriá	deuriam	deuriatz
	conditional 2nd form1	devètz	{{{50}}}	{{{51}}}	{{{52}}}	{{{53}}}	{{{54}}}
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	deurián	dega	degas	dega	degam	degatz
	imperfect	degan	deguèsse	deguèsses	deguèsse	deguèssem	deguèssetz
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			deguèsson		deu	degam	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

Derived terms

• redeure

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West Flemish

Etymology

From Middle Dutch duere, variant of dōre, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

Noun

deure f

1. door