different between lure vs bure

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *l?þr, from Proto-Germanic *l?þr-. Compare English allure, from Old French.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /l(j)??/, /l??(?)/, /l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /l???/, /l??/, /l?/
• Homophone: lore (some accents)
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. (also figuratively) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure.
2. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish.
3. (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk.
4. A velvet smoothing brush.

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Translations

Verb

lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured)

1. To attract by temptation etc.

   Synonym: entice

2. (falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure.

Related terms

• allure

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr

Noun

lure (plural lures)

1. A trumpet with long curved tube, used for calling cattle, etc.

Anagrams

• ReLU, Ruel, Rule, rule

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Adjective

lure

1. definite singular of lur
2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German luren

Verb

lure (imperative lur, present tense lurer, passive lures, simple past lurte, past participle lurt, present participle lurende)

1. to deceive, trick
2. to lurk
3. to wonder (på / about)

References

• “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Adjective

lure

1. definite of lur
2. plural of lur

Etymology 2

Verb

lure (present tense lurar or lurer, past tense lura or lurte, past participle lura or lurt, present participle lurande, imperative lur)

1. Alternative form of lura

Old French

Etymology

From Frankish

Noun

lure f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures)

1. lure (bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk)

Descendants

• English: lure

References

• lure on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

English

Etymology

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Noun

bure (plural bures)

1. A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide windows.

Anagrams

• Brue, Rube, Uber, buer, ebru, erub, rube, uber, uber-, über-

Afrikaans

Noun

bure

1. plural of buur

Champenois

Noun

bure

1. (Auve) butter

References

• Tarbé, Prosper (1851) Recherches sur l'histoire du langage et des patois de Champagne?^[1] (in French), volume 1, Reims, page 109

Danish

Noun

bure n

1. indefinite plural of bur

French

Etymology

From Latin burra, nominative feminine singular of burrus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /by?/

Noun

bure f (plural bures)

1. frieze (cloth)
2. habit (monk's robe)

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bura.

Noun

bure f (plural buri)

1. beam of a plough

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bu.r?/

Adjective

bure

1. inflection of bury:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bûre/
• Hyphenation: bu?re

Noun

b?re n (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. barrel

Declension

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

bure (invariable)

1. free (obtainable without payment)

Adverb

bure

1. in vain; pointlessly; fruitlessly

Swedish

Verb

bure

1. past subjunctive of bära