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Pronunciation
Verb
hure (Kana spelling フレ, Cyrillic spelling хурэ)
- to be red
See also
Daur
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *hüre, compare Mongolian үр (ür), Dongxiang fure.
Noun
hure
- seed
Dutch
Verb
hure
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of huren
French
Etymology
Uncertain; probably borrowed from Germanic.
Pronunciation
Noun
hure f (plural hures)
- head (of an animal, especially a boar or pig)
- pork brawn; head cheese
Derived terms
Further reading
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German
Pronunciation
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”).
Pronunciation
Adverb
hure
- at intervals, frequent, at least, in any case
hure and hure- at intervals
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 quotation)
- especially, particularly; much less
(Can we date this quote?), Hali Meidenhad:
- 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 quotation)
- even
1225, Lambeth Homilies:Ne mihte þer nan wiðstonden, ne prophete, ne patriarche ne hure Sancte iohannes baptiste.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Etymology 2
Determiner
hure
- (chiefly Southern and southern West Midlands) Alternative form of here (“their”)
Etymology 3
Noun
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“wages”)
Etymology 4
Pronoun
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, object)
Etymology 5
Determiner
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“her”, genitive)
Pronoun
hure
- Alternative form of hire (“hers”)
Etymology 6
Noun
hure
- Alternative form of hore (“whore”)
Etymology 7
Noun
hure
- Alternative form of ore (“ore”)
Etymology 8
Determiner
hure
- Alternative form of oure (“our”)
Etymology 9
Verb
hure
- Alternative form of hiren (“to hire”)
Etymology 10
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