-ure

• 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

Inherited from Middle English -ure, from Old French -ure, from Latin -ūra.

-ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures) (no longer productive)

1. A process; a condition; a result of an action.

   ‎erase + ‎-ure → ‎erasure

2. An official entity or function.

• -tion

Derived from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́).

-ure (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures)

2. A tail.

• uro- (“tail”)

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

Inherited from Old French -(ë)ure, from Latin -(ā)tūram, the accusative case of -(ā)tūra.

• IPA^(key): /yʁ/

-ure f (noun-forming suffix, plural -ures)

1. 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)

1. (chemistry) -ide

   ‎iode (“iodine”) + ‎-ure → ‎iodure (“iodide”)

• “-ure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

From Old French -eure, -ure, from Latin -(ā)tūra, -(ā)tūram.

• -ewr, -our, -oure, -owre, -ur

• IPA^(key): /-ˈiu̯r(ə)/, /-ˈuːr(ə)/, /-ur(ə)/

-ure

1. Forms abstract nouns denoting actions or results.
2. (less common) forms nouns denoting states or things.

• English: -ure
• Scots: -ure

• “-ūre, suf.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

-ure

1. alternative form of -our

• -eure
• -eüre

From Latin -(ā)tūram, the accusative case of -(ā)tūra.

-ure

1. used to form usually feminine, usually abstract nouns

• French: -ure
• → Middle English: -ure, -ewr, -our, -oure, -owre, -ur
  • English: -ure
  • Scots: -ure