houre
English edit
Noun edit
houre (plural houres)
- Obsolete spelling of hour
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]:
- You come moſt carefully vpon your houre,
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
houre
- raving (wild or incoherent speech)
Declension edit
Inflection of houre (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | houre | houreet | ||
genitive | houreen | houreiden houreitten | ||
partitive | houretta | houreita | ||
illative | houreeseen | houreisiin houreihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | houre | houreet | ||
accusative | nom. | houre | houreet | |
gen. | houreen | |||
genitive | houreen | houreiden houreitten | ||
partitive | houretta | houreita | ||
inessive | houreessa | houreissa | ||
elative | houreesta | houreista | ||
illative | houreeseen | houreisiin houreihin | ||
adessive | houreella | houreilla | ||
ablative | houreelta | houreilta | ||
allative | houreelle | houreille | ||
essive | houreena | houreina | ||
translative | houreeksi | houreiksi | ||
abessive | houreetta | houreitta | ||
instructive | — | hourein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “houre”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Anglo-Norman houre, from Latin hōra, from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
houre (plural houres)
- hour (a 60-minute period which the day has 24 of)
- A time, occasion, or moment
- A canonical hour or tide.
- A divine office.
Descendants edit
References edit
- “hǒure, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old English ure.
Determiner edit
houre
- Alternative form of oure
References edit
- “our(e, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 11 May 2018.
Etymology 3 edit
From Old English hōre.
Noun edit
houre
- Alternative form of hore (“whore”)
Old French edit
Noun edit
houre oblique singular, f (oblique plural houres, nominative singular houre, nominative plural houres)
- hour (unit of time)
- time; moment to do something
- c. 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- A l'hore de disner, a l'ostex repaira
- At dinnertime, he went back to his lodgings