lure

See also: Lure and lurĕ

English

Some fishing lures

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l(j)ʊə/, /lɔː(ɹ)/, /lɜː/
• IPA^(key): /lʊəɹ/, /lɔɹ/, /lɝ/
• Homophone: lore (some accents)

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure

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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
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew, IV. i. 178:

     My falcon now is sharp and passing empty, / And till she stoop she must not be full-gorged, / For then she never looks upon her lure.

4. a velvet smoothing brush

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Translations

tempting or attractive object

• Catalan: esquer (ca) m
• Czech: lákadlo (cs) n, vějička f
• Danish: lokkemiddel n, lokkemad c
• Dutch: lokmiddel (nl) n, (informally) lokkertje (nl) n
• Finnish: houkutin (fi)
• French: attrait (fr) m
• Galician: cebo (gl) m, abeto (gl) m, isca (gl) f
• German: Anlockungsmittel n, Lockmittel (de) n, Lockung f, Lockvogel (de) m, Lure f, Reiz (de) m
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• Italian: attrazione (it) f, attrattiva (it) f, tentazione (it) f, lusinga (it) f, esca (it) f, richiamo (it) m
• Latin: illecebra f
• Polish: pokusa (pl) f, ponęta f, mamidło n
• Russian: прима́нка (ru) f (primánka)
• Spanish: cebo (es) m, curricán m
• Telugu: గాలము (te) (gālamu)
• Turkish: câzibe (tr), çığırtkan (tr)

artificial fishing bait

• Catalan: esquer (ca) m
• Czech: návnada f, třpytka f
• Danish: blink n or c
• Finnish: viehe (fi), uistin (fi)
• French: leurre (fr) m
• Galician: anzol (gl) m
• German: Köder (de) m
• Italian: esca (it) f
• Maori: poa, poapoa
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• Norwegian: agn (no) n
• Polish: wabik (pl) m
• Portuguese: isca (pt)
• Russian: блесна́ (ru) f (blesná)
• Spanish: cebo (es) m
• Swedish: agn (sv) n, bete (sv) n
• Telugu: ఎర (te) (era)
• Turkish: yem (tr)

Verb

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

Related terms

• allure

Translations

to entice

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誘惑／诱惑 (zh) (yòuhuò), 诱惑 (zh) (yòuhuò)

• Danish: lokke
• Finnish: houkutella (fi)
• French: attirer (fr) (dans un piège), séduire (fr), leurrer (fr)
• Galician: tentar (gl)
• German: anlocken (de), herlocken, locken (de), ködern (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: δελεάζω (deleázō)

• Italian: sedurre (it), incantare (it), ammaliare (it), tentare (it), adescare (it)
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• Japanese: 誘惑する (ja) (ゆうわくする, yūwaku suru), 誘い出す (さそいだす, sasoidasu) (away, out), 誘い込む (さそいこむ, sasoikomu) (in, into)
• Maori: kohinu, poapoa, tīmori, whakapoapoa, pātoi
• Polish: nęcić (pl) impf, wabić (pl) impf, mamić impf
• Portuguese: tentar (pt), atrair (pt)
• Russian: соблазня́ть (ru) impf (soblaznjátʹ), прима́нивать (ru) impf (primánivatʹ), мани́ть (ru) impf (manítʹ), завлека́ть (ru) impf (zavlekátʹ)
• Spanish: seducir (es), encantar (es), atraer (es)
• Swedish: locka (sv)
• Telugu: ఊరించు (te) (ūriñcu)
• Turkish: aklını çelmek, ayartmak (tr), cezbetmek (tr), çekmek (tr), kandırmak (tr), yemlemek (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} عربي: طُعم، إغراء
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Etymology 2

Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. A trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling cattle, etc.

Anagrams

• ReLU, Ruel, Rule, rule

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

1. (deprecated template usage) definite singular of lur
2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German luren

Verb

lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)

1. to deceive, trick
2. to lurk
3. to wonder (på / about)

References

• “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

lure

1. definite of lur
2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

Verb

lure (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)

1. Alternative form of lura

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Old French

Etymology

From Frankish

Noun

lure oblique singular, 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