feture

Middle English

Alternative forms

• fetour, fayture, ffeture, feature, fetare, fetewr, fetture, fetur, ffetur, feiture, feetour

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman feture, from Latin factūra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛːˈtiu̯r(ə)/, /ˈfɛːtur(ə)/

Noun

feture (plural fetures)

1. One's form or bodily profile; the overall appearance of a given human.
2. A feature or part (almost always of the human body or face)
3. (rare) A piece of handiwork or crafts; something created.
4. (rare) A living organism; a being (viewed as God's creation)

Descendants

• English: feature
• Scots: fayter, featur

References

• “fētūre, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 4 September 2018.

Old French

Noun

feture oblique singular, f (oblique plural fetures, nominative singular feture, nominative plural fetures)

1. alternative form of faiture