hure
See also: Hure, hüre, and hůře
Ainu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hu.ɾe/
Verb
hure (Kana spelling フレ)
- to be red
See also
retar | kunne | |
hure | siwnin | |
siwnin | ||
nis iro | siwnin | |
Daur
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *hüre, compare Mongolian үр (ür), Dongxiang fure.
Noun
hure
- seed
Dutch
Verb
hure
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of huren
French
Etymology
Uncertain; probably Germanic.
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /yʁ/
Noun
hure f (plural hures)
- head (of an animal, especially a boar or pig)
- pork brawn; head cheese
Derived terms
- ahurir
Further reading
- “hure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- heur, huer
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Verb
hure
- inflection of huren:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English huru (“at least, especially”).
Alternative forms
- hur, huru, hwure
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhur(ə)/
Adverb
hure
- at intervals, frequent, at least, in any case
- hure and hure
- at intervals
- la hure
- at least
- 1225, Dialogue on Vices and Virtue:
- And ðo þe on annesse wuniᵹen ne muᵹen, hure and hure, ðanne hie willeð here ibede to godde bidden, swa derneliche swa hie muᵹen, swa don hie.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- especially, particularly; much less
- (Can we date this quote?)Hali Meidenhad:
- Ne kepeð he wið na mon, & hure wið his famon, nan half dale.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
-
- truly, certainly, indeed
- 1225, Trinity Homilies:
- Nis nefre no stede to strene bicumeliche bute hie ben bispused rihtliche to-gedere, ne hure riht time þenne men fasten shal oðer halgen.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
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- even
- 1225, Lambeth Homilies:
- Ne mihte þer nan wiðstonden, ne prophete, ne patriarche ne hure Sancte iohannes baptiste.
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Related terms
- huru
Determiner
hure
- (chiefly Southern and southern West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)
Noun
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“wages”)
Pronoun
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)
Determiner
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)
Pronoun
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Noun
hure
- Alternative form of hore (“whore”)
Noun
hure
- Alternative form of ore (“ore”)
Determiner
hure
- Alternative form of oure (“our”)
Verb
hure
- Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)
Verb
hure
- Alternative form of horyen
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
Verb form of Hur.
Verb
hure
- to fornicate
Shona
Etymology
From Afrikaans hoer.
Noun
húre class 5 (plural mahúre class 6)
- prostitute, whore