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lur

/ˈlʊə(ɹ)/

lur noun: a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.

lur: a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure
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Noun (1)

lur (plural lurs)

  1. (historical) A long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.

Noun (2) capitalized: Lur

Lur (plural Lurs or Lur)

  1. A member of an Iranian ethnic group in the Lorestan region, speaking the Luri language.

Forms of lur

plurallurs
alternative formlure
alternative formlurr
pluralLurs
pluralLur

Origin of lur

From Danish lur, Norwegian lur, and Swedish lur, all from Old Norse lúðr (“trumpet”).

Questions about lur

What does lur mean?
Lur means a long natural blowing horn without finger holes, played by embouchure.
What part of speech is lur?
Lur is a noun.
How do you pronounce lur?
Lur is pronounced /ˈlʊə(ɹ)/.
What is the plural of lur?
The plural of lur is lurs.

Words near lur in the dictionary

  1. Luques
  2. Luquette
  3. Luquettes
  4. Luquin
  5. Luquins
  6. lur
  7. lurasidone
  8. Luray
  9. Luray II
  10. lurbinectedin
  11. lurch

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lur (page history and authors); Lur (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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