different between ure vs urs

English

Etymology 1

From Anglo-Norman *eure, Old French uevre (modern French œuvre), from Latin opera (“work, labor”). Doublet of oeuvre and opera.

Noun

ure (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, only in collocations in ure, out of ure) use, practise, exercise.
   • 1567, Arthur Golding (translator), The XV Bookes of P. Ouidius Naso, entytuled Metamorphosis, Book 2,^[1]

     I cannot vtter any more, for words waxe out of vre

   • c. 1611, George Chapman (translator), The Iliads of Homer, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book 17, p. 248,^[2]

     But come, let vs be sure of this, to put the best in vre

     That lies in vs;

   • 1597-1625, Essays (Francis Bacon) of Francis Bacon, On Simulation and Dissimulation, Random House 1955: Hugh G. Dick, p. 19 ^[3]

     ...it maketh him practise simulation in other things, lest his hand should be out of ure

Derived terms

• inure

Verb

ure (third-person singular simple present ures, present participle uring, simple past and past participle ured)

1. (obsolete, transitive, intransitive) To use; to exercise; to inure; to accustom by practice.
   • 1551, Ralph Robinson (translator), Utopia (1516) by Thomas More, edited by William Dallam Armes, New York: Macmillan, 1912, Book 1, p. 37,^[4]

     […] the French soldiers […] from their youth have been practised and ured in feats of arms […]

Etymology 2

From Latin ?rus. Perhaps a doublet of owre.

Noun

ure (plural ures) (rare)

1. Synonym of aurochs

Usage notes

Ure-ox is more common; compare aurochs (ultimately from Old High German ?rohso, from ?ro (“aurochs”) + ohso (“ox”)).

Related terms

• aurochs, owre (perhaps related)
• urus

Anagrams

• ERU, EUR, Eur., Rue, eur-, eur., rue

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?y.r?/

Noun

ure

1. plural of uur

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ù??é/

Noun

ure (Kana spelling ??)

1. (anatomy) foot

   Synonym: cikiri

Ambai

Alternative forms

• uren
• ure?

Noun

ure

1. eye

Danish

Noun

ure n

1. indefinite plural of ur

Eastern Arrernte

Noun

ure

1. fire

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Japanese

Romanization

ure

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Latin

Verb

?re

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ?r?

Middle English

Determiner

ure

1. Alternative form of oure (“our”)

Old English

Alternative forms

• ?ser – Northumbrian or poetic

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *unsar, from Proto-Germanic *unseraz.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?.re/

Determiner

?re

1. our

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: oure
  • English: our
    • Northumbrian: wor, oor
  • Scots: oor, wir

Pronoun

?re

1. genitive of w?: ours, of us

Rapa Nui

Noun

ure

1. penis

Usage notes

Largely considered archaic; replaced by a Tahitian term.

English

Pronoun

urs

1. (Internet slang, text messaging) yours

Anagrams

• R Us, RUS, Rus, Rus', Rus., SRU, Sur., sur-, usr

Danish

Noun

urs c or n

1. indefinite genitive singular of ur

Middle English

Pronoun

urs

1. Alternative form of oures (“ours”)

Old French

Alternative forms

• ors

Etymology

From Latin ursus.

Noun

urs m (oblique plural urs, nominative singular urs, nominative plural urs)

1. bear (animal)

Descendants

• Middle French: ours
  • French: ours

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin ursus, from Proto-Italic *orssos, from Proto-Indo-European *h???t?os (“bear”).

Noun

urs m (plural ur?i)

1. bear

Declension

Derived terms

• ursar
• ursoi
• ursoaic?
• ursoaie
• ursule?

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) uors

Etymology

From Latin ursus, from Proto-Indo-European *h???t?os (“bear”).

Noun

urs m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) bear

Coordinate terms

• ursa

Swedish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -???

Noun

urs

1. indefinite genitive singular of ur
2. indefinite genitive plural of ur

Anagrams

• sur