feture
Middle English
Alternative forms
- fetour, fayture, ffeture, feature, fetare, fetewr, fetture, fetur, ffetur, feiture, feetour
Etymology
From Anglo-Norman feture, from Latin factūra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛːˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /fɛi̯ˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈfɛːtiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈfɛːtur(ə)/, /ˈfɛːtər(ə)/
Noun
feture (plural fetures)
- One's form or bodily profile; the overall appearance of a given human.
- A feature or part (almost always of the human body or face)
- (rare) A piece of handiwork or crafts; something created.
- (rare) A living organism; a being (viewed as God's creation)
Descendants
- English: feature
- Scots: fayter, featur
References
- “fētūre (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-04.
Old French
Noun
feture f (oblique plural fetures, nominative singular feture, nominative plural fetures)
- Alternative form of faiture