hure

See also: Hure, hüre, and hůře

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu.ɾe/

Verb

hure (Kana spelling フレ, Cyrillic spelling хурэ)

1. to be red

See also

Colors in Ainu · iro (layout · text)

retar		kunne
hure		siwnin
	siwnin
	nis iro	siwnin

Daur

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *hüre, compare Mongolian үр (ür), Dongxiang fure.

Noun

hure

1. seed

Dutch

Verb

hure

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of huren

French

Etymology

Uncertain; probably Germanic.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /yʁ/

Noun

hure f (plural hures)

1. head (of an animal, especially a boar or pig)
2. pork brawn; head cheese

Derived terms

• ahurir

Further reading

• “hure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• heur, huer

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

hure

1. inflection of huren:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English huru (“at least, especially”).

Alternative forms

• hur, huru, hwure

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhur(ə)/

Adverb

hure

1. at intervals, frequent, at least, in any case

   hure and hure

   at intervals

   la hure

   at least

   • 1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtue:

     And ðo þe on annesse wuniᵹen ne muᵹen, hure and hure, ðanne hie willeð here ibede to godde bidden, swa derneliche swa hie muᵹen, swa don hie.

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2. especially, particularly; much less
   • (Can we date this quote?), Hali Meidenhad:

     Ne kepeð he wið na mon, & hure wið his famon, nan half dale.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

3. truly, certainly, indeed
   • 1225, Trinity Homilies:

     Nis nefre no stede to strene bicumeliche bute hie ben bispused rihtliche to-gedere, ne hure riht time þenne men fasten shal oðer halgen.

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4. even
   • 1225, Lambeth Homilies:

     Ne mihte þer nan wiðstonden, ne prophete, ne patriarche ne hure Sancte iohannes baptiste.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• huru

Etymology 2

Determiner

hure

1. (chiefly Southern and southern West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hure

1. Alternative form of hire (“wages”)

Etymology 4

Pronoun

hure

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)

Etymology 5

Determiner

hure

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)

Pronoun

hure

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 6

Noun

hure

1. Alternative form of hore (“whore”)

Etymology 7

Noun

hure

1. Alternative form of ore (“ore”)

Etymology 8

Determiner

hure

1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

Etymology 9

Verb

hure

1. Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)

Etymology 10

Verb

hure

1. Alternative form of horyen

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Verb form of Hur.

Verb

hure

1. to fornicate

Shona

Etymology

From Afrikaans hoer.

Noun

húre class 5 (plural mahúre class 6)

1. prostitute, whore