heure

Alternative forms

• haure (Western)
• haver

Etymology

From Latin habēre, present active infinitive of habeō, probably through a Vulgar Latin form *habĕre.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈəw.ɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɛw.ɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈew.ɾe/

Verb

heure (first-person singular present hec, past participle hagut)

1. (Eastern Catalan) get

References

• Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4th edition). →ISBN.

Etymology

From Old French houre, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time, season, year”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh₁- (“year, season”).

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /œʁ/

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• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /œːʁ/
• Homophones: Eure, heur, heurs, heures, heurt, heurts
• Hyphenation: heure

Noun

heure f (plural heures)

1. hour, time
2. o'clock

Further reading

• “heure” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Verb

heure

1. First-person singular present of heuern.
2. First-person singular subjunctive I of heuern.
3. Third-person singular subjunctive I of heuern.
4. Imperative singular of heuern.

Noun

heure f (plural heures)

1. hour (period of sixty minutes)