loure
French, noun/luʁ/
loure is spelled L-O-U-R-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 60 million words in written French, the 244,837th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Loure is a French feminine noun meaning “loure” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de cornemuse”.
What does loure mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineloure
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Indique qu'une note est jouée sur toute sa longueur, sans la raccourcir, tout en étant détachée des notes précédente et suivante. Sur une partition, ceci est noté par un trait soulignant ou surlignant la tête de note, ou bien par un point au sein d'un phrasé.
noun: 1. Sorte de cornemuse. 2. Danse des XVIIᵉ et XVIIIᵉ siècles.
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 loure
- loures plural
- lourés plural masculine
- lourée singular feminine
- lourées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce loure?
- /luʁ/
- \lu.ʁe\
- \luʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is loure in French?
loure appears about once in every 60 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).