allure

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure. ==== Pronunciation ==== (US) IPA(key): /əˈlʊɚ/, /əˈlɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈlʊə/, /əˈljʊə/, /əˈlɔː/ (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /əˈlʉːɹ/ (Ireland) IPA(key): /əˈluːɹ/ Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures) The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured) (transitive) To entice; to attract. ===== Synonyms ===== attract, entice, tempt, decoy, seduce ===== Translations ===== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== lure === Etymology 2 === From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) +‎ -ure. ==== Noun ==== allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures) (dated) Gait; bearing. Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men. The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk. ===== Alternative forms ===== alure ===== Translations ===== === Anagrams === Laurel, laurel == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from French allure. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɑˈlyː.rə/ Hyphenation: al‧lu‧re Rhymes: -yːrə === Noun === allure f (plural allures, no diminutive) air, pretension ==== Derived terms ==== sterallure == French == === Etymology === From aller +‎ -ure. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.lyʁ/ Rhymes: -yʁ === Noun === allure f (plural allures) appearance, look speed, pace à vive allure ― (please add an English translation of this usage example) angle of a boat from the wind gait (of a horse) chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement) ==== Derived terms ==== à toute allure ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: allure → German: Allüre === Further reading === “allure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === la leur