Tuure

Alemannic German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin turris (tower), itself borrowed from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis), τύρσις (túrsis), likely ultimately a Mediterranean substrate loan.

Noun

Tuure m

  1. (Uri) tower

Proper noun

Tuure m

  1. (Uri, colloquial) Hospental Castle, a castle in Hospental, Switzerland.

References

  • “Tuure” in Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & co., page 34.

Finnish

Etymology

From Old Swedish / Swedish Tore, short for Old Norse names beginning with Þor- ("Thor").

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtuːre/
  • Hyphenation: Tuu‧re

Proper noun

Tuure

  1. A male given name.

Declension

Inflection of Tuure (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation)
nominative Tuure Tuuret
genitive Tuuren Tuurejen
partitive Tuurea Tuureja
illative Tuureen Tuureihin
singular plural
nominative Tuure Tuuret
accusative nom. Tuure Tuuret
gen. Tuuren
genitive Tuuren Tuurejen
Tuureinrare
partitive Tuurea Tuureja
inessive Tuuressa Tuureissa
elative Tuuresta Tuureista
illative Tuureen Tuureihin
adessive Tuurella Tuureilla
ablative Tuurelta Tuureilta
allative Tuurelle Tuureille
essive Tuurena Tuureina
translative Tuureksi Tuureiksi
instructive Tuurein
abessive Tuuretta Tuureitta
comitative Tuureineen
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