lure

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Anglo-Norman lure, from Old French loirre (Modern French leurre), from Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). Compare English allure, also from Old French. Probably related to German Luder (“bait”). ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) (yod-dropping) (without the pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /lʊə/ (pour–poor merger) IPA(key): /lɔː/ (without yod-dropping) IPA(key): /ljʊə/ IPA(key): /lɜː/ (General American) IPA(key): /lʊəɹ/, /lɝ/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /lʉːɹ/ Homophones: lore (some speakers with the pour–poor merger); law (non-rhotic, pour–poor merger) Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== lure (plural lures) (also figurative) Something that tempts or attracts, especially one with a promise of reward or pleasure. (fishing) An artificial bait attached to a fishing line to attract fish. (falconry) A bunch of feathers attached to a line, used in falconry to recall the hawk. A velvet smoothing brush. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== lure (third-person singular simple present lures, present participle luring, simple past and past participle lured) (transitive) To attract by temptation, appeal, or guile. Synonym: entice (transitive) To attract fish with a lure. (transitive, falconry) To recall a hawk with a lure. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ==== Related terms ==== allure === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Icelandic lúðr. ==== Noun ==== lure (plural lures) (music) Alternative form of lur. === References === === Anagrams === Rule, UERL, ReLU, Ruel, rule == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== lure definite singular of lur 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) to deceive, trick to lurk to wonder (på / about) === References === “lure” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology 1 === ==== Adjective ==== lure definite of lur 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) alternative form of lura == Old French == === Etymology === From Frankish *lōþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-, perhaps ultimately related to *laþō (“invitation, calling”), or from Proto-Indo-European *leh₂- (“to hide”). === Noun === lure oblique singular, f (oblique plural lures, nominative singular lure, nominative plural lures) 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 “lure”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Luder”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891