augure

Is augure masculine or feminine?

l'augureexception
/loɡyʁ/masculineaugury

The rule behind it

Nouns ending in -ure are usually feminine, but l'augure is masculine.
Augure is one of the rare exceptions: learn it as it is.
94.3% of -ure nouns are feminine
Fellow exceptions

Like augure, these end in -ure but are masculine.

ledinosaurelecyanurelemurmureleparjurelemercure

In context

  • C'est un signe de très mauvais augure.

    It's a very ominous sign.

  • Sa paresse était de mauvais augure pour l'avenir.

    His laziness boded ill for the future.

  • Ça n'est pas de bon augure.

    This does not bode well.

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