masure

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *mansūra, from Late Latin mansura.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.zyʁ/
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Noun

masure f (plural masures)

dilapidated house, hovel
(Cauchois dialectal, now rare) farmhouse, rural estate
- 1882, Guy de Maupassant, ‘Un Réveillon’, Gil Blas, 5 January:
  Ils habitaient un lamentable masure, à l'entrée du hameau sur la droite.
(Cauchois dialectal) orchard

Further reading

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

Anagrams

amuser, Maures, maures, mesura, mueras, musera, remuas, résuma, ruâmes

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