allure C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /əˈlʊr/ UK /əˈlʊə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the quality of being powerfully attractive; to entice The city held an irresistible allure for the young writer. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the quality of being... attractioncharmappealenticementfascinationtemptation ↔ Opposites repulsionrepellent Word family Derived forms allurementalluring Related forms lure Etymology AI details From Old French aleurer ('to attract, entice'), from a- ('to', Latin ad) + loirre ('lure, bait'), a word of Germanic origin (compare Frankish *loþr). aleurer Old French *loþr Frankish View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # allure **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /əˈlʊr/ **IPA (UK):** /əˈlʊə/ ## Meanings 1. the quality of being powerfully attractive; to entice ## Examples - The city held an irresistible allure for the young writer. ## Synonyms - attraction - charm - appeal - enticement - fascination - temptation ## Antonyms - repulsion - repellent ## Derived Forms - allurement - alluring ## Related Forms - lure ## Roots and Affixes - Root: aleurer - Root: *loþr ## Etymology From Old French aleurer ('to attract, entice'), from a- ('to', Latin ad) + loirre ('lure, bait'), a word of Germanic origin (compare Frankish *loþr). ## AI Etymology Allure is from Old French aleurer ('to attract, entice'), from a- ('to', Latin ad) + loirre ('lure, bait'), a word of Germanic origin (compare Frankish *loþr). Important recorded forms include aleurer (Old French) and *loþr (Frankish). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers the quality of being powerfully attractive; to entice. The wider family includes derived forms such as allurement and alluring and related words such as lure. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown