masure

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mansūra, from Late Latin mansura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.zyʁ/

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Noun

masure f (plural masures)

1. dilapidated house, hovel
2. (Cauchois dialect, now rare) farmhouse, rural estate
   • 1882, Guy de Maupassant, ‘Un Réveillon’, Gil Blas, 5 January:

     Ils habitaient un lamentable masure, à l'entrée du hameau sur la droite.

3. (Cauchois dialect) orchard

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• amuser, Maures, maures, mesura, mueras, musera, remuas, résuma, ruâmes