-eur

a suffix occurring in loanwords from French, usually agent nouns formed from verbs ( entrepreneur; voyeur ), less commonly adjectives ( agent provocateur ).

Eur.

abbreviation for

eur-

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Origin of -eur¹

< French; Old French -o ( u ) r < Latin -ōr- -or ² and -eo ( u ) r < Latin -ātōr- -ator; -tor

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Like the corresponding French nouns in -eur, these nouns in -aire, as well as those in -èire, are also used as adjectives.

The same sentiment, though expressed the contrary way, occurs in Eur.

There can be no doubt that the fylfot throughout Eur-Asia had a symbolic significance, which in many places it still retains.

A plaintive phee-eur; a short, plaintive, twittering warble.

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