different between houve vs houre

Middle English

Alternative forms

• hoove, how
• hou (Scotland)

Etymology

From Old English h?fe (“a covering for the head”), from Proto-Germanic *h?b? (“hood, cowl”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“to bend, curve, vault”). Cognate with Dutch huif (“hood, tent”), German Haube (“hood, bonnet, cap”), Swedish huva (“hood, bonnet, cap”), Icelandic húfa (“cap”).

Noun

houve (plural houves)

1. (dialectal) A head covering of various kinds; a hood; a coif; a cap.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (South Brazil) IPA^(key): /?ow.ve/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?ow.v?/
• Homophones: ouve

Verb

houve

1. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of haver
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) preterite indicative of haver

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