-our

-our

suffix forming nouns

indicating state, condition, or activity: behaviour; labour.

[in Old French -eur, from Latin -or, noun suffix]

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our

(aʊ^ər, ˈaʊ ər; unstressed ɑr)

pron.

a form of the possessive case of we used as an attributive adjective: Our team won. Compare ours.

[before 900; Middle English oure, Old English ūre]

usage: See me.

-our

Brit. var. of -or¹.

usage: See -or¹.

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