"schour" meaning in All languages combined

See schour on Wiktionary

Noun [Middle English]

IPA: /ʃuːr/
Etymology: Inherited from Old English sċūr, from Proto-West Germanic *skūru, from Proto-Germanic *skūrō. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|enm|ang|sċūr|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old English sċūr, {{inh+|enm|ang|sċūr}} Inherited from Old English sċūr, {{inh|enm|gmw-pro|*skūru}} Proto-West Germanic *skūru, {{inh|enm|gem-pro|*skūrō}} Proto-Germanic *skūrō Head templates: {{head|enm|nouns|g=|g2=|g3=|head=|sort=}} schour, {{enm-noun|schoures}} schour (plural schoures) Forms: schoures [plural], schoure [alternative], schowre [alternative], schoure [alternative], shour [alternative], shoure [alternative], shower [alternative], showre [alternative], scur [alternative, Early-Middle-English], shur [alternative, Early-Middle-English]
  1. Rainfall, precipitation (falling waterdrops)
    Sense id: en-schour-enm-noun-brCLzfpg Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Talking, Violence, War Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 39 7 12 4 39 Disambiguation of Talking: 30 12 34 12 12 Disambiguation of Violence: 27 17 21 17 19 Disambiguation of War: 99 0 0 0 1
  2. (poetic) An attack or assault (whether physical, emotional, or rhetorical) Tags: poetic
    Sense id: en-schour-enm-noun-l8NSp2-R Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 30 12 34 12 12
  3. (poetic, by extension) A battle; a military conflict. Tags: broadly, poetic
    Sense id: en-schour-enm-noun-J9ySiCXR Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Talking Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 39 7 12 4 39 Disambiguation of Talking: 30 12 34 12 12
  4. (poetic, rare) A flow or stream of liquid. Tags: poetic, rare
    Sense id: en-schour-enm-noun-7xSTJRWe Categories (other): Talking Disambiguation of Talking: 30 12 34 12 12
  5. (poetic, rare) A profusion of blessings. Tags: poetic, rare
    Sense id: en-schour-enm-noun--xv3jfLM Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Emotions, Liquids, Talking Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 39 7 12 4 39 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 3 7 3 54 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 3 6 3 57 Disambiguation of Emotions: 22 5 5 5 63 Disambiguation of Liquids: 18 4 4 23 51 Disambiguation of Talking: 30 12 34 12 12
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Weather Disambiguation of Weather: 0 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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