allure
Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word allure. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word allure, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say allure in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word allure you have here. The definition of the word allure will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofallure, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). Compare lure.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /əˈlʊɚ/, /əˈlɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈlʊə/, /əˈljʊə/, /əˈlɔː/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (Scotland, Northern Ireland) IPA(key): /əˈlʉːɹ/
- (Ireland) IPA(key): /əˈluːɹ/
- Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)
Noun
allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)
- The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
Translations
the power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction
|
Verb
allure (third-person singular simple present allures, present participle alluring, simple past and past participle allured)
- (transitive) To entice; to attract.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 31, pages 370–371:
- [They retained] their ſweet skill in wonted melody; / Which euer after they abuſd to ill, / T’allure weake trueillers, whom gotten they did kill.
- 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 8, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:
- Injustice doth allure them; as the honour of their vertuous actions enticeth the good.
- 1737, R[ichard] Glover, “Book VI”, in Leonidas. A Poem., page 152:
- A tender voice his wondring ear allur'd.
Synonyms
Translations
to attempt to draw
|
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure.
Noun
allure (countable and uncountable, plural allures)
- (dated) Gait; bearing.
- Harper's Magazine
- The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
- Harper's Magazine
- The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
Alternative forms
Translations
Anagrams
Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
allure f (plural allures)
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
allure f (plural allures)
- appearance, look
- speed, pace
- angle of a boat from the wind
- gait (of a horse)
- chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “allure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.