futur
See also: Futur
English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French futur. Doublet of future.
Noun
futur (plural futurs)
- (archaic) A fiancé.
- 1863, The New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 127, page 492:
- In the Memoirs of Madame d'Epinay, there is a capital story, how a betrothed girl was introduced to her futur without her knowledge, and how much time was granted her to learn to know and love him.
- 1877, Charlotte Louisa H. Dempster, Blue Roses; or, Helen Malinofska's marriage, page 20:
- If you, gracious mistress, will trust yourself to Mariette, I stake my daughter's life on your safety. Her futur, Joseph Abramovitch, is ready to take you away, dressed as his sister.
Albanian
Participle
futur
- past participle of fut
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
futur (feminine futura, masculine plural futurs, feminine plural futures)
Noun
futur m (plural futurs)
Further reading
- Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “futur”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
- “futur” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “futur”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
- “futur”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fy.tyʁ/
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Paris)): (file) Audio (France (Toulouse)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Massy)): (file) - Homophones: futurs, future, futures
Adjective
futur (feminine future, masculine plural futurs, feminine plural futures)
Noun
futur m (plural futurs)
- (sometimes proscribed) future (what will happen)
- Synonym: avenir
- Le futur nous donnera la réponse. ― The future will give us the answer.
- (grammar) future, future tense
- Le verbe manger à la deuxième personne du singulier du futur simple donne: Tu mangeras.
- The verb manger, in the second person singular future simple becomes: Tu mangeras (You will eat).
Derived terms
Further reading
- “futur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈfutur/ [ˈfu.t̪ʊr]
- Rhymes: -utur
- Syllabification: fu‧tur
Etymology 1
Noun
futur
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
futur
- the feeling of lazy to do worship
Further reading
- “futur”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian futuru and/or Italian futuro, both from Latin futurum.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fuˈtuːr/
- Rhymes: -uːr
Noun
futur m
Middle English
Noun
futur
- alternative form of future
Adjective
futur
- alternative form of future
Norman
Etymology
From Latin futūrus, future active participle of sum, esse.
Adjective
futur m
Noun
futur m (plural futurs)
Derived terms
- futur composé (“compound future”)
- futur continnu (“continuous future”)
Occitan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adjective
futur m (feminine singular futura, masculine plural futurs, feminine plural futuras)
Noun
futur m (plural futurs)
Piedmontese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fyˈtyr/
Adjective
futur
Noun
futur m
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fǔtuːr/
- Hyphenation: fu‧tur
Noun
fùtūr m inan (Cyrillic spelling фу̀тӯр)