different between lure vs lude

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

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Aphetic form of Quaalude.

Noun

lude (plural ludes)

1. (slang) A pill containing the drug methaqualone.

Verb

lude (third-person singular simple present ludes, present participle luding, simple past and past participle luded)

1. (slang) To get high on quaalude.

Etymology 2

Shortening.

Noun

lude (plural ludes)

1. (slang) A Honda Prelude sports car.

Anagrams

• ULed, duel, leud, lued

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse lúta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lu?d?/, [?lu?ð?]

Verb

lude (imperative lud, infinitive at lude, present tense luder, past tense ludede, perfect tense har ludet)

1. lout, stoop

Synonyms

• hælde

Finnish

(index lu)

Etymology

Related to Komi-Zyrian ????? (ludïk) and Estonian lutikas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lude?/, [?lude?(?)]
• Rhymes: -ude
• Syllabification: lu?de

Noun

lude

1. a bedbug
2. a bug (an insect of the order Hemiptera)

Declension

Synonyms

• (bedbug): lutikka, seinälude

Compounds

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ude

Verb

lude

1. third-person singular present indicative of ludere

Latin

Verb

l?de

1. second-person singular present active imperative of l?d?

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From luut +? -e.

Adverb

lude

1. loudly

Descendants

• Dutch: luid

Further reading

• “lude (II)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “lude (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, ?ISBN, page I

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English hl?d (“noise, sound, tumult, disturbance, dissension”), from Proto-Germanic *hl?dij? (“sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *?lewe- (“to hear”). Influenced by Old Norse hljóð (from Proto-Germanic *hleuþ?).

Alternative forms

• loude

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?lu?d(?)/, /?liu?d(?)/

Noun

lude (plural luden)

1. Sound, noise, clamor

   Þa hunten wenden æfter mid muchelen heora lude. — Layamon's Brut

   Þa luden heo iherden of þan Rom-leoden. — Layamon's Brut

Descendants

• English: loude (obsolete)
• Scots: lood, luid

References

• “l?de, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-10-01.

Etymology 2

From Old English hl?de.

Adverb

lude

1. (Early Middle English) Alternative form of loude (“loudly”)

Spanish

Verb

lude

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ludir.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ludir.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ludir.