English

Noun

parure ‎(plural parures)

1. A set of jewellery to be worn together.
   • 1905, Baroness Emmuska Orczy, chapter 1, in Who Stole the Black Diamonds ?:

     “… among the objects stolen was the famous parure of Black Diamonds, for which a bid of half a million sterling had just been made and accepted. […]”

   • 1979, Kyril Bonfiglioli, After You with the Pistol (Penguin 2001, p. 202)

     Why, then, was she not in Bond Street, as advertised, scribbling her signature on Travellers' Cheques and scooping up emerald parures and things?

Anagrams

• rear up
• uprear

French

Etymology

First attested in Old French, from parer +‎ -ure.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁyʁ/

Noun

parure f ‎(plural parures)

1. parure
2. finery

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from French parure.

Noun

parure f ‎(invariable)

1. A set of matching lingerie or jewellery