"allure" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /a.lyʁ/ Audio: Fr-allure.ogg Forms: allures [plural]
Rhymes: -yʁ Etymology: From aller + -ure. Etymology templates: {{af|fr|aller|-ure}} aller + -ure Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} allure f (plural allures)
  1. appearance, look Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-allure-fr-noun-1RD1NqDC
  2. speed, pace Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-allure-fr-noun-gkxCnhZc
  3. angle of a boat from the wind Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-allure-fr-noun-S7N4-xOt
  4. gait (of a horse) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-allure-fr-noun-agro9nO7
  5. chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-allure-fr-noun-drbpSrRW Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ure Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 10 2 16 14 0 1 1 1 29 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 3 8 2 6 80 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ure: 5 13 3 13 66
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: à toute allure

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "à toute allure"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "allure",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: allure",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: allure"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Allüre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Allüre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Allüre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "aller",
        "3": "-ure"
      },
      "expansion": "aller + -ure",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From aller + -ure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "allures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "allure f (plural allures)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appearance, look"
      ],
      "id": "en-allure-fr-noun-1RD1NqDC",
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speed, pace"
      ],
      "id": "en-allure-fr-noun-gkxCnhZc",
      "links": [
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ],
        [
          "pace",
          "pace"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "angle of a boat from the wind"
      ],
      "id": "en-allure-fr-noun-S7N4-xOt",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": ". . . one of the horses in the procession suddenly took on a disorderly gait that the combined efforts of its driver and its comrade on the beam were unable to moderate.",
          "ref": "1894, Crafty, À travers Paris, page 4:",
          "text": ". . . un des chevaux du cortège a subitement pris une allure désordonnée que les efforts combinés de son cocher et de son camarade de timon ne sont pas parvenu à modérer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gait (of a horse)"
      ],
      "id": "en-allure-fr-noun-agro9nO7",
      "links": [
        [
          "gait",
          "gait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "25 10 2 16 14 0 1 1 1 29",
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          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 8 2 6 80",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "5 13 3 13 66",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French terms suffixed with -ure",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)"
      ],
      "id": "en-allure-fr-noun-drbpSrRW",
      "links": [
        [
          "chemin de ronde",
          "chemin de ronde"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.lyʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-allure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/Fr-allure.ogg/Fr-allure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Fr-allure.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-yʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "allure"
}
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    "French 2-syllable words",
    "French countable nouns",
    "French entries with incorrect language header",
    "French feminine nouns",
    "French lemmas",
    "French nouns",
    "French terms suffixed with -ure",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 3 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:French/yʁ",
    "Rhymes:French/yʁ/2 syllables"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "à toute allure"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "allure",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: allure",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: allure"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Allüre",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Allüre",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Allüre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "aller",
        "3": "-ure"
      },
      "expansion": "aller + -ure",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From aller + -ure.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "allures",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "f"
      },
      "expansion": "allure f (plural allures)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "appearance, look"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "appearance",
          "appearance"
        ],
        [
          "look",
          "look"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "speed, pace"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ],
        [
          "pace",
          "pace"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "angle of a boat from the wind"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": ". . . one of the horses in the procession suddenly took on a disorderly gait that the combined efforts of its driver and its comrade on the beam were unable to moderate.",
          "ref": "1894, Crafty, À travers Paris, page 4:",
          "text": ". . . un des chevaux du cortège a subitement pris une allure désordonnée que les efforts combinés de son cocher et de son camarade de timon ne sont pas parvenu à modérer.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gait (of a horse)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gait",
          "gait"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chemin de ronde (raised protected walkway behind a castle battlement)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chemin de ronde",
          "chemin de ronde"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/a.lyʁ/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-allure.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/b0/Fr-allure.ogg/Fr-allure.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b0/Fr-allure.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-yʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "allure"
}

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