amurer
French, verb/a.my.ʁe/
amurer is spelled A-M-U-R-E-R (6 letters). Amurer is a French verb meaning “to tack (sail against the wind)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tendre plus ou moins les amures d’une voile afin de la présenter selon l’angle qu’elle doit former avec le…”.
What does amurer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tack (sail against the wind)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tendre plus ou moins les amures d’une voile afin de la présenter selon l’angle qu’elle doit former avec le 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 amurer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- amurant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- amuré participle past
- amure first-person indicative present
- amures indicative present second-person
- amurons first-person indicative plural
- amurez indicative plural present
- amurent indicative plural present
- amurais first-person imperfect indicative
- amurait imperfect indicative singular
- amurions first-person imperfect indicative
- amuriez imperfect indicative plural
- amuraient imperfect indicative plural
- amurai first-person historic indicative
- amuras historic indicative past
- amura historic indicative past
- amurâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amurer?
- /a.my.ʁe/
- \a.my.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.