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-ure¹

  • /-ʊə̯/ UK
  • /-ɔː/ UK
  • /-ə/ UK
  • /-ʊɹ/ Canada, US
  • /-əɹ/ Canada, US
  • /-ʊə̯/ Australia
  • /-ə/ Australia
  • /-ʉ(ː)ə̯/ New Zealand
  • /-oː/ New Zealand
  • /-ə/ New Zealand
  • /-ʉɹ/ Scotland
  • /-əɹ/ Scotland
  • /-ʊwɜ̯(ː)(ɾ)/ India
  • /-oː(ɾ)/ India
  • /-uːɾ/ India
  • /-ɜː(ɾ)/ India
  • /-əɾ/ India

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English -ure, borrowed from Old French -ure, from Latin -(ā)tūram.

suffix -ures

  1. idiomatic, morpheme A process; a condition; a result of an action. erase + -ure → erasure
  2. idiomatic, morpheme An official entity or function.

-ure²

  • /-ʊə̯/ UK
  • /-ɔː/ UK
  • /-ə/ UK
  • /-ʊɹ/ Canada, US
  • /-əɹ/ Canada, US
  • /-ʊə̯/ Australia
  • /-ə/ Australia
  • /-ʉ(ː)ə̯/ New Zealand
  • /-oː/ New Zealand
  • /-ə/ New Zealand
  • /-ʉɹ/ Scotland
  • /-əɹ/ Scotland
  • /-ʊwɜ̯(ː)(ɾ)/ India
  • /-oː(ɾ)/ India
  • /-uːɾ/ India
  • /-ɜː(ɾ)/ India
  • /-əɾ/ India

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Derived from Ancient Greek οὐρᾱ́ (ourā́, “tail”)..

suffix -ures

  1. idiomatic, morpheme A tail.

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suffix action noun

Español-ura
Português-ura
Français-ure
Deutsch-ur
Italiano-ura
Română-ură
Русский-у́ра -úra

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MLA

"-ure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/-ure. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

-ure. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/-ure

Chicago

"-ure." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/-ure.

BibTeX
@misc{ure_2026,
  title = {-ure},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/-ure},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}