-ure

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: (when stressed) -o͝or, (when unstressed) -ər (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /-ʊə̯/, /-ɔː/; /-ə/ (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /-ʊɹ/; /-əɹ/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /-ʊə̯/; /-ə/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /-ʉ(ː)ə̯/, /-oː/; /-ə/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /-ʉɹ/; /-əɹ/ (India) IPA(key): /-ʊwɜ̯(ː)(ɾ)/, /-oː(ɾ)/, /-uːɾ/; /-ɜː(ɾ)/, /-əɾ/ Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ə(ɹ) Hyphenation: -ure === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Middle English -ure, from Old French -ure, from Latin -ūra. ==== Suffix ==== -ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures) (no longer productive) A process; a condition; a result of an action. ‎erase + ‎-ure → ‎erasure An official entity or function. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== -tion === Etymology 2 === Derived from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́). ==== Suffix ==== -ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures) A tail. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== uro- (“tail”) === Anagrams === ERU, EUR, Eur., Rue, eur-, eur., rue == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French -(ë)ure, from Latin -(ā)tūram, the accusative case of -(ā)tūra. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /yʁ/ === Suffix === -ure f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures) forms nouns describing the result of an action ‎brûler (“to burn”) + ‎-ure → ‎brûlure (“burn”) ‎blesser (“to injure”) + ‎-ure → ‎blessure (“injury”) -ure m (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures) (chemistry) -ide ‎iode (“iodine”) + ‎-ure → ‎iodure (“iodide”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “-ure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French -eure, -ure, from Latin -(ā)tūra, -(ā)tūram. ==== Alternative forms ==== -ewr, -our, -oure, -owre, -ur ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /-ˈiu̯r(ə)/, /-ˈuːr(ə)/, /-ur(ə)/ ==== Suffix ==== -ure Forms abstract nouns denoting actions or results. (less common) forms nouns denoting states or things. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== English: -ure Scots: -ure ===== References ===== “-ūre, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Suffix ==== -ure alternative form of -our == Old French == === Alternative forms === -eure -eüre === Etymology === From Latin -(ā)tūram, the accusative case of -(ā)tūra. === Suffix === -ure used to form usually feminine, usually abstract nouns ==== Descendants ==== French: -ure → Middle English: -ure, -ewr, -our, -oure, -owre, -urEnglish: -ureScots: -ure