leurre
See also: leurré
French
Etymology
Old French loirre, from Frankish *loþr, from Proto-Germanic *lōþr-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lœʁ/
- Homophones: leur, leurs, leurrent, leurres
Noun
leurre m (plural leurres)
- (hunting, fishing) lure, decoy
- trap, snare
- illusion
- deception
- (military) flare (aerial infrared countermeasure)
Synonyms
- (bait): appât, esche, esque
Verb
leurre
- inflection of leurrer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “leurre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.