different between puer vs euer

English

Etymology 1

Perhaps from French puer.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?pju.?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?pju?.?/, /?pj??/

Noun

puer (uncountable)

1. (chiefly historical) Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
   • 1842, The Penny Magazine, May 212/1:

     A solution called the ‘pure’ or the 'pewer' (having never seen the word written.., we must spell it as pronounced) is prepared in a large vessel, and into this the skins are immersed.

Etymology 2

Noun

puer (plural puers)

1. Ellipsis of puer aeternus

Coordinate terms

• puella

Anagrams

• Peru, Pre-U, Prue, Rupe, pure, re-up, reup

French

Etymology

From Old French puir, from Vulgar Latin *put?re, from Classical Latin p?t?re, present active infinitive of p?te?, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *puH-. The change from -ir to -er can also be seen in words such as contribuer (Old French contribuir, Latin contribuere), supported by existing -uer verbs such as saluer (from Latin sal?t?re), muer (from Latin m?t?re).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?e/
• Rhymes: -e

Verb

puer

1. (intransitive) to stink, to smell (bad)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• puant
• puer de la gueule
• puer du bec
• empuantir

Further reading

• “puer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• peur, pure, puré, repu, rupe, rupé

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?u??/

Adjective

puer

1. pure

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ph?weros, from *peh?w-. Cognate with Oscan ???????????????????????? (puglum), Ancient Greek ???? (paîs, “child”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?pu.er/, [?pu?r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?pu.er/, [?pu??r]

Noun

puer m (genitive puer?, feminine puera); second declension

1. a child; chit
2. a boy, lad (typically between ages 7-14 but could be younger) (older than an infans but younger than an adulescens)
3. a male servant or page; slave
4. a bachelor
5. boyhood (ex: in puero, "in his boyhood" or "as a boy")

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Antonyms

• (gender): puella, puera
• (age): vir

Derived terms

Related terms

• puerperium

Descendants

• ? English: puer, puer aeternus, puerile, puerilism, puerperium, puerility, puerperal, puerperous
• ? Ido: puero

See also

• puer on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

References

• puer in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• puer in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• puer in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• puer in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Anagrams

• p?r?, r?pe

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From the noun Puer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu??/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophone: Puer

Pronoun

puer

1. few, some, a few
   • 2001, Pol Wilmes, Eng Klack fir eis Sprooch:

     All puer Woche fannt dir eist „Chamber-Blietchen“ an ärer Bréifkëscht, vläicht och op der Trap oder am Gank;

     Every few weeks we find our "Chamber-Blietchen" in our letter box, perhaps even on the stairs or in the hallway;

English

Adverb

euer

1. obsolete typography of ever

Anagrams

• Eure

German

Alternative forms

• ewer (obsolete)
• eurer (for the pronoun, proscribed)

Etymology

From Middle High German iuwer, from Old High German iuwar. Compare English your, Dutch jouw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????/
• Rhymes: -????

Pronoun

euer

1. (personal) genitive singular of ihr.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Leonid Andrejew, Otto Buek, Judas Ischariot und die andern, page 82:

     Höre! Euer sind hier viele.

Usage notes

See usage notes on ihr.

Determiner

euer

1. your (addressing two or more people informally)

Declension

Related terms

• Ew.
• euresgleichen, euersgleichen
• euerthalben
• euretwegen