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🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

attirer

Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-ti-re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Lure/lʊər/
verbnounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"Ils ont essayé de faire revenir les anciens clients."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To persuade someone to do something or go somewhere by offering them something exciting.

    "The company tried to lure back former customers with special discount offers."
As noun
  1. 1

    The persuasive appeal or quality of something that is attractive.

    "They could not resist the lure of high salaries offered by the tech startup."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'luren', from Old Norse 'laðra' or Old High German 'luuder', meaning bait or decoy. Originally used in falconry to describe a device swung to recall a hawk, it evolved metaphorically to describe any form of enticement or attraction.

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