different between entice vs allure

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French enticier, from a Vulgar Latin *intiti?re, from Latin titi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?ta?s/
• Rhymes: -a?s

Verb

entice (third-person singular simple present entices, present participle enticing, simple past and past participle enticed)

1. (transitive) To lure; to attract by arousing desire or hope.

   I enticed the little bear into the trap with a pot of honey.

Related terms

• enticement
• enticing

Translations

See also

• beguile
• tempt
• seduce

References

• entice in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• entice in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• encite

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