different between allure vs charisma

English

Etymology

From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??l(j)??/
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)

1. The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
2. (dated) gait; bearing.
   • Harper's Magazine

     The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.

3. The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.

Translations

Verb

allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)

1. (transitive) To entice; to attract.

Synonyms

• attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce

Translations

Related terms

• lure

Anagrams

• Laurel, laurel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French allure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???ly?.r?/
• Hyphenation: al?lu?re
• Rhymes: -y?r?

Noun

allure f (plural allures)

1. air, pretension

Derived terms

• sterallure

French

Etymology

aller +? -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ly?/
• Rhymes: -y?

Noun

allure f (plural allures)

1. appearance, look
2. speed, pace
3. angle of a boat from the wind
4. gait (of a horse)
5. chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)

Derived terms

• à toute allure

Descendants

• ? Dutch: allure

Further reading

• “allure” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• la leur

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (khárisma, “grace, favour, gift”), from ?????????? (kharízomai, “I show favor”), from ?????? (kháris, “grace”), from ????? (khaír?, “I am happy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k????zm?/

Noun

charisma (usually uncountable, plural charismas or charismata)

1. Personal charm or magnetism
2. (Christianity) An extraordinary power granted by the Holy Spirit
3. The ability to influence without the use of logic.

Synonyms

• charm, spell

Derived terms

• charismatic

Translations

Anagrams

• archaism, machairs

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ???????? (khárisma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xa??r?s.ma?/
• Hyphenation: cha?ris?ma

Noun

charisma n (plural charismata)

1. (Christianity) charisma (gift of the Holy Spirit)

   Synonym: genadegave

2. charisma (personally affability)

Derived terms

• charismaticus
• charismatisch