allure
The power to attract, enticeThe power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
» Her wealth finally allured him into matrimony.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)The power to attract, entice; the quality causing attraction.
Verlockung, Reiz, Anziehungskraft
привлека́тельностьprivlekátelʹnostʹ, шармšarm, очарова́ниеočarovánije
шармšarm, прива́бливістьpryváblyvistʹ
the power to entice or attract through personal charm
(countable, dated, uncountable)Gait; bearing.
Harper's Magazine The swing, the gait, the pose, the allure of these men.
аллю́рalljúr
(countable, uncountable)The walkway along the top of a castle wall, sometimes entirely covered and normally behind a parapet; the wall walk.
Examples
15 sentencesHer wealth finally allured him into matrimony.
He gave himself up to her allure.
She is very pretty, but not alluring.
ruОна очень мила, но не соблазнительна. — sharptoothed
deSie ist sehr hübsch, aber nicht verführerisch. — Yorwba
I will never understand the allure of wealth.
Layla wasn't conventionally beautiful, but she possessed a certain kind of intense sexual allure.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (LatinFrom Middle English aluren, from Old French aleurer, alurer, from a (“to, towards”) (Latin ad) + leurre (“lure”). By surface analysis, al- + lure.
From Middle English alure, alour, from Old French alure, aleure (“walk, gait”), from aler (“to go”) + -ure.
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Forms
plural: alluresSynonyms
2 synonyms- the power to entice or attract through personal charm:allurementtemptingness
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable