fure

See also: furę and fűre

English

Alternative forms

• fur, fuir, four, fwir, fuyr

Etymology

From Danish føre, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. Cognate with Dutch voeren (“to lead”), Low German fören (“to lead”), German führen (“to lead”), Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), Danish føre (“to lead”), Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjʊɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Verb

fure (third-person singular simple present fures, present participle furing, simple past and past participle fured)

1. (dialectal, rare, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) To lead.

   So far as his labor and his wisdom fures.

   • 1637, Monro Expedition:

     To his master, the Kings Majesty or General, that fures or leads the war.

2. (dialectal, rare, Northern England, Scotland) To carry, bear, convey, transport.

   No goods should be fured upon the over-loft of the ships.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• An historical dictionary

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin foras or forīs . Compare Italian fuori.

Adverb

fure

1. outside

Galician

Verb

fure

1. inflection of furar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fù.ɽéː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸʊ̀.ɽéː]

Noun

fùrē m (plural fùrànnī, possessed form fùren)

1. flower, blossom

Latin

Noun

fūre

1. ablative singular of fūr

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse for via Danish fure.

Noun

fure m (definite singular furen, indefinite plural furer, definite plural furene)

1. a furrow
2. a groove
3. a line or wrinkle (in the face)

Derived terms

• furet, furete
• plogfure

See also

• fòr (Nynorsk)

References

• “fure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fure_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

fure

Alternative forms

• fura (pre-2012)
• furu

Etymology

From Old Norse fura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fuːrə/, [²fuːrə], [²fu̞ːrə]

Noun

fure f (definite singular fura, indefinite plural furer, definite plural furene)

1. a pine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2. pine (wood from pine trees)

Inflection

Historical inflection of fure

		singular		plural
		indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
Aasen1		ei Fura	Fura	Furor	Furorna
1901		ei fura (furu)	fura (furo)	furor (furur)	furorne (furune)
1910		ei fura [fure]			furorne [furone]
1917		ei fura, fure		furer, furor	furene, furone
19382		ei fure		furer [furor]	furene [furone]
1983		ei fure [fura]
2012 (current)		ei fure	fura	furer	furene

• Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard.
• Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier.
• Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen.
• ¹Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. ²furu was taken in as a side form.

References

• “fure” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

fure

1. inflection of furar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfure]

Verb

fure

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of fura

Somali

Noun

fure m

1. key (for a lock)