amure
French, noun
amure is spelled A-M-U-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 117,104th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amure is a French feminine noun meaning “tack (sailing against the wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of amurer. With an accent, amuré is a different word: “past participle of amurer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cordage fixant le point d’en bas, nommé point d’amure, d’une basse voile qui se trouve au vent”.
What does amure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetack (sailing against the wind)
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of amurer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cordage fixant le point d’en bas, nommé point d’amure, d’une basse voile qui se trouve au vent. 2. Position d'un bateau par rapport au vent.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of amure
- amures plural
- amurée feminine
- amurés masculine plural
- amurées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is amure in French?
amure appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).