Meanings
-ure1
-ure2
Origin
-ure · suffix
- Middle English-ure
- Middle English-ure
- English-ure
Inherited from Middle English -ure, borrowed from Old French -ure, from Latin -(ā)tūram.
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Full word history & related roots →-ure · suffix
- Ancient Greekοὐρᾱ́
- Ancient Greekοὐρᾱ́
- English-ure
Derived from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”)..
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans -uur
- -uuraction noun
Bulgarian -у́ра
- -у́ра (-úra)action noun
Catalan -ura
- -uraaction noun
Czech -ura
- -uraaction noun
Danish -ur
- -uraction noun
Dutch -uur
- -uuraction noun
Esperanto -uro
- -uroaction noun
Estonian -uur
- -uuraction noun
Finnish -uuri
- -uuriaction noun
French -ure
- -ureaction noun
German -ur
- -uraction noun
Hungarian -úra
- -úraaction noun
Indonesian -ur
- -uraction noun
Italian -ura
- -uraaction noun
Latin -ūra
- -ūraaction noun
Norwegian Bokmål -ur
- -uraction noun
Polish -ura
- -uraaction noun
Portuguese -ura
- -uraaction noun
Romanian -ură
- -urăaction noun
Russian -у́ра
- -у́ра (-úra)action noun
Slovak -úra
- -úraaction noun
Spanish -ura
- -uraaction noun
Swedish -ur
- -uraction noun
Tagalog -ura
- -uraaction noun
Turkish -ür
- -üraction noun
Ukrainian -у́ра
- -у́ра (-úra)action noun
Yiddish ־ור
- ־ור (-ur)action noun
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with -ure
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All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
-ure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ure
MLA
“-ure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ure. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-ure,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-ure.
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