fure

See also: furę and fűre

English

Alternative forms

• fur, fuir, four, fwir, fuyr

Etymology

From Danish føre, from Proto-Germanic *fōrijaną. Cognate with Dutch voeren (“to lead”), Low German fören (“to lead”), German führen (“to lead”), Luxembourgish féieren (“to lead”), Icelandic færa (“to move, carry, convey”), Faroese føra (“to lead, carry”), Swedish föra (“to lead, guide, steer, direct”), Danish føre (“to lead”), Norwegian Bokmål føre (“to lead”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjʊɹ/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ)

Verb

fure (third-person singular simple present fures, present participle furing, simple past and past participle fured)

1. (dialectal, rare, obsolete, Northern England, Scotland) To lead.

   So far as his labor and his wisdom fures.

   • 1637, Monro Expedition:

     To his master, the Kings Majesty or General, that fures or leads the war.

2. (dialectal, rare, Northern England, Scotland) To carry, bear, convey, transport.

   No goods should be fured upon the over-loft of the ships.

References

• The Dictionary of the Scots Language
• An historical dictionary

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin foras or forīs . Compare Italian fuori.

Adverb

fure

1. outside

Galician

Verb

fure

1. inflection of furar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fù.ɽéː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɸʊ̀.ɽéː]

Noun

fùrē m (plural fùrànnī, possessed form fùren)

1. flower, blossom

Latin

Noun

fūre

1. ablative singular of fūr

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse for via Danish fure.

Noun

fure m (definite singular furen, indefinite plural furer, definite plural furene)

1. a furrow
2. a groove
3. a line or wrinkle (in the face)

Derived terms

• furet, furete
• plogfure

See also

• fòr (Nynorsk)

References

• “fure” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “fure_3” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

fure

Alternative forms

• fura (pre-2012)
• furu

Etymology

From Old Norse fura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²fuːrə/, [²fuːrə], [²fu̞ːrə]

Noun

fure f (definite singular fura, indefinite plural furer, definite plural furene)

1. a pine (tree of the genus Pinus)
2. pine (wood from pine trees)

Inflection

Historical inflection of fure indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural Aasen1 ei Fura Fura Furor Furorna 1901 ei fura (furu) fura (furo) furor (furur) furorne (furune) 1910 ei fura [fure] furorne [furone] 1917 ei fura, fure furer, furor furene, furone 19382 ei fure furer [furor] furene [furone] 1983 ei fure [fura] 2012 (current) ei fure fura furer furene Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in [brackets] were official, but considered second-tier. Forms in (parentheses) were allowed under Midlandsnormalen. 1Nouns were capitalised for most of the 19th century. 2furu was taken in as a side form.

References

• “fure” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Verb

fure

1. inflection of furar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfure]

Verb

fure

1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of fura

Somali

Noun

fure m

1. key (for a lock)