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eure

eure is the obsolete form of ewer.

Meaning of ewer

Noun

ewer (plural ewers)

  1. A kind of widemouthed pitcher or jug with a shape like a vase and a handle, and originally used for carrying water.

See all 2 meanings of ewer

Proper noun capitalized: Eure

Eure

  1. A department of Normandy, France. Capital: Évreux (INSEE code 27).
  2. A left tributary of the Seine, in northwestern France, flowing through the departments of Orne, Eure-et-Loir and Eure.

Forms of eure

pluraleures

Origin of eure

Borrowed from French Eure.

Questions about eure

What does eure mean?
Eure means a department of Normandy, France. Capital: Évreux (INSEE code 27).
What is eure the obsolete form of?
Eure is the obsolete form of ewer.
What part of speech is eure?
Eure is a proper noun.

Words near eure in the dictionary

  1. Eurasiatic
  2. Eurasiatics
  3. Eurasier
  4. Eurasiers
  5. Euratlantic
  6. eure
  7. Eure-et-Loir
  8. Eurebi
  9. Euregion
  10. Euregions
  11. eureka

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eure (page history and authors); Eure (page history and authors); ewer (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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