deure

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɪørə/

deure

1. plural of deur

Inherited from Latin dēbēre (“owe”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin root *debĕre). Compare Occitan deure, dever, French devoir, Spanish deber.

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• Rhymes: -ɛwɾe

deure m (plural deures)

1. duty, obligation

deure (first-person singular present dec, first-person singular preterite deguí, past participle degut); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. (transitive) to owe
2. to have to (followed by an infinitive)

   Synonym: haver de

3. it can be assumed, it can be inferred, to be possible (followed by an infinitive)

While deu INFINITIVE as have to INFINTIVE of obligation is the general historical usage, nowadays in most of Central Catalan deu INFINITIVE has only the meaning of INFINTIVE can be supposed. Compare:

• Se'n va anar corrents, devia tenir pressa ― He ran away, perhaps he was in a hurry
• Se'n va anar corrents, havia de tenir pressa ― He ran away, he had to be in a hurry

• “deure” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “deure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “deure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “deure” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deˈuː.re/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈu.re/,

deūre

1. second-person singular present active imperative of deūrō

• dever

From Old Occitan , from Latin dēbēre, present active infinitive of dēbeō (“I owe”) (probably through a Vulgar Latin root *debĕre).

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deure

1. to have to
2. to owe

    Lengadocian (Central Occitan)

		simple			compound
infinitive		deure			aver degut
gerund		devent			use gerund of aver + past participle
past participle		degut			—
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ieu	tu	el	nosautres	vosautres	eles
	present	devi	deves	deu	devèm	devètz	devon
	imperfect	deviái	deviás	deviá	deviam	deviatz	devián
	preterite	deguèri	deguères	deguèt	deguèrem	deguèretz	deguèron
	future	deurai	deuràs	deurà	deurem	deuretz	deuràn
	conditional	deuriái	deuriás	deuriá	deuriam	deuriatz	deurián
	conditional 2nd form1
compound tenses	present perfect	use the present tense of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect tense of aver + past participle
	past anterior	use the preterite tense of aver + past participle
	future perfect	use the future tense of aver + past participle
	conditional perfect	use the conditional tense of aver + past participle
subjunctive		que ieu	que tu	que el	que nosautres	que vosautres	que eles
	present	dega	degas	dega	degam	degatz	degan
	imperfect	deguèsse	deguèsses	deguèsse	deguèssem	deguèssetz	deguèsson
compound tenses	past	use the present subjunctive of aver + past participle
	pluperfect	use the imperfect subjunctive of aver + past participle
imperative		—	tu	—	nosautres	vosautres	—
			deu		degam	devètz	1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects

• redeure

From Middle Dutch duere, variant of dōre, from Old Dutch duri, from Proto-Germanic *durz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- (“doorway, door, gate”).

deure f

1. door