sûr

Inherited from Latin sēcūrus.

sûr (feminine sûra, masculine plural sûrs, feminine plural sûres) (ORB, broad)

1. safe, secure
2. certain, sure

• assurar

• sûr in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• sûr in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Inherited from Middle French sceur, from Old French seür, inherited from Latin sēcūrus.

• IPA^(key): /syʁ/

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• Homophones: sur, sur-, sûre, surent, sûres, sûrs
• Rhymes: -yʁ

sûr (feminine sûre or sure, masculine plural sûrs or surs, feminine plural sûres or sures)

1. sure, certain
2. trustworthy
3. safe

   Synonyms: (Canada) sécuritaire, safe

• assurer
• sécurité

• Seychellois Creole: sir

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

From Latin soror.

sûr f (plural sûrs)

1. sister

• fradi

From Vulgar Latin *suberum, from Latin sūber, sūberem. Compare Venetan suro, Italian sughero.

sûr m (plural sûrs)

1. cork
2. cork oak

• IPA^(key): /suːɾ/

From Arabic سور (sūr, “rampart”).

sûr f

1. citywall, rampart

From Proto-Indo-European *sūr-. Compare Persian شور, Lithuanian sūrus, Russian соль (solʹ), English sour.

sûr (Arabic spelling سوور)

1. salty