different between houre vs youre

English

Noun

houre (plural houres)

1. Obsolete spelling of hour

Finnish

Etymology

houria +? -e

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hou?re?/, [?ho?u?re?(?)]
• Rhymes: -oure
• Syllabification: hou?re

Noun

houre

1. raving (wild or incoherent speech)
   • 1748. David Hume. Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. Section 3. § 5.

     Tuottaminen ilman suunnitelmaa muistuttaisi enemmän hullun houreita kuin älyn ja opin selväpäisiä pyrkimyksiä.

     A production whithout design would resemble more the ravings of a madman, than the sober efforts of genius and learning.

Declension

Related terms

• hourailla
• hourailu
• houretila
• kuumehoure

Anagrams

• rouhe

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hour, our, oure, howr, howre, awyr, ower

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman houre, from Latin h?ra, from Ancient Greek ??? (h?ra).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?r(?)/
• (Late ME) IPA^(key): [?w?]

Noun

houre (plural houres)

1. hour (a 60-minute period which the day has 24 of)
2. A time, occasion, or moment
3. A canonical hour or tide.
4. A divine office.

Descendants

• English: hour
  • Northumbrian: oor
• Scots: oor

References

• “h?ure, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.

Etymology 2

From Old English ure.

Determiner

houre

1. Alternative form of oure

References

• “our(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.

Etymology 3

From Old English h?re.

Noun

houre

1. Alternative form of hore (“whore”)

Old French

Noun

houre f (oblique plural houres, nominative singular houre, nominative plural houres)

1. hour (unit of time)
2. time; moment to do something

Descendants

• ? English: hour
• French: heure

English

Contraction

youre

1. Misspelling of you're.

Middle English

Etymology

From Old English ?ower.

Alternative forms

• your, yowyr, yowur, yor, yur, yure, yeur, yhure, yhour, yhoure, ?our, ?oure, ?owyr, ?owur, ?or, ?ore, ?ur, ?ure, ?iore, ?hour, ?houre, ?aure, ?iure, ?iwer, ?eur, ?eure, ?euer, ?euwer, ?ewer, ?ewere, gur, gure, giur, giure, giuor, giuer, giuwer, giwer, ihore, ihoire, iure, eour, eoure, eouer, eouwer, eouwere, eower, eowwer, eore, eur, eure, euwer, euwere, our, oure, or, ore, ouer, ouwer, ouwere, ower, owur, hour, æure

Determiner

youre (nominative pronoun ye)

1. second-person plural possessive determiner: your (plural)
2. (formal) second-person singular possessive determiner: your (singular).

Descendants

• English: your

See also

References

• “your, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.