seur

See also: seür and seur.

Middle English

Adjective

seur

Alternative form of sure

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin super.

Alternative forms

sur, sor, soure, souvre

Preposition

seur

on; on top of; atop

Descendants

Middle French: sur
- French: sur

Etymology 2

From Latin sēcūrus.

Alternative forms

seür

Adjective

seur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular seure)

sure; certain

Declension

Declension of seur

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	seurs	seure	seur
Singular	Oblique	seur	seure		seure	seur
Plural	Subject	seur	seures		seur
Plural	Oblique	seurs	seures		seures	seur

Synonyms

certain

Related terms

seurté

Descendants

Angevin: seür
Middle French: sceur
- French: sûr
  - Seychellois Creole: sir
Norman: seûr
Walloon: sûr
→ Middle English: sure
- English: sure
  - →⇒ Irish: siúráil
  - → Welsh: siwr
- Scots: shuir

Etymology 3

From an earlier seü (with an '-r' of obscure origin added), from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus.

Noun

seur ?

elder, elderberry shrub or tree

Descendants

French: sureau

Anagrams

suer

Walloon

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /søːʀ/

Etymology 1

From Old French seür, from Latin sēcūrus.

Adjective

seur m (feminine singular seure, masculine plural seurs, feminine plural seures, feminine plural (before noun) seurès)

sure

Etymology 2

From Old French sur.

Adjective

seur m (feminine singular seure, masculine plural seurs, feminine plural seures, feminine plural (before noun) seurès)

sour

Noun

seur m (plural seurs)

(chemistry) acid

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