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/

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• Homophone: peurs
• Hyphenation: peur
• Rhymes: -œʁ

Noun

peur f (plural peurs)

1. (countable and uncountable) fear

   Synonyms: crainte, souci

Derived terms

• avoir peur
• blanc de peur
• de peur que
• faire peur
• j’ai peur
• peur bleue
• peur du vide
• peureux
• peureusement
• vert de peur

Further reading

• “peur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• puer, pure, puré, repu, rupe, rupé

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
peur	pheur
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]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN