peur

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French peur, from Old French peor, poür, from Latin pavōrem (“fear, fright”). Compare Catalan por and Italian paura.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pœʁ/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Homophone: peurs
  • Hyphenation: peur
  • Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

peur f (plural peurs)

  1. (countable and uncountable) fear
    Synonyms: crainte, souci

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French peor.

Noun

peur f (plural peurs)

  1. fear

Descendants
  • French: peur

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle English pere, from Old English pere, from Vulgar Latin *pira, originally the plural of Latin pirum but reconstrued as a feminine singular. Cognate with English pear and French poire.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pʰiəɾ/

Noun

peur f (genitive singular pèire, plural peuran)

  1. pear (fruit)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
peurpheur
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “peur”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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