blessure

From French blessure.

• IPA^(key): /ˈblɛsjʊɚ/, /ˈblɛʃɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɛʃɚ

blessure

1. (obsolete, rare) injury
   • 1900, Jacobus de Varagine, translated by J. M. Dent, The Golden Legend:

     Then sent the emperor for S. Silvester and asked counsel of him of this matter. S. Silvester answered that by the might of God he promised to make him cease of his hurt and blessure of this people.

   • 1940, Hubert Creekmore, Personal Sun, the Early Poems of Hubert Creekmore, Decker Press, page 33:

     For such is faith, and such my blessure,
     that your fingertips
     heal with sweet and even pressure.

Borrowed from French blessure.

• IPA^(key): /blɛˈsyːrə/

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• Hyphenation: bles‧su‧re
• Rhymes: -yːrə

blessure f (plural blessures or blessuren, diminutive blessuretje n or blessuurtje n)

1. injury (in particular, from practising a sport), sports injury

• blessuretijd
• sportblessure
• voetbalblessure

First attested in Old French as blesseüre, corresponding to blesser +‎ -ure.

• IPA^(key): /blɛ.syʁ/ ~ /ble.syʁ/

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blessure f (plural blessures)

1. wound

   Synonym: plaie

2. injury

• coups et blessures
• panser ses blessures

• blesser

• → Dutch: blessure
• → Swedish: blessyr

• “blessure”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.