-ure
1.
an abstract-noun suffix of action, result, and instrument, occurring in loanwords from French and Latin:
pressure; legislature.
Origin
<
French
-ure
<
Latin
-ūra
British Dictionary definitions for
-ure
-ure
suffix
1.
indicating act, process, or result:
seizure
2.
indicating function or office:
legislature,
prefecture
Word Origin
from French, from Latin
-ūra
Word Origin and History for
-ure
suffix forming abstract nouns of action, from Old French
-ure
, from Latin
-ura
.