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pur
English
Noun
pur (plural purs)
- Dated form of purr (low murmuring sound as of a cat)
- 1895, Jacob Mendes Da Costa, Medical diagnosis (page 294)
- The first — called by Laennec, from its resemblance to the pur of a cat, the purring tremor — is nearly always indicative of a valvular lesion. The second is caused by the to-and-fro motion of a roughened pericardium.
- 1895, Jacob Mendes Da Costa, Medical diagnosis (page 294)
Verb
pur (third-person singular simple present purs, present participle purring, simple past and past participle purred)
- Dated form of purr
- a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River
- And there the wild-cat purs amid her brood.
- 1840, The Visitor: Or, Monthly Instructor (page 182)
- It appears to me, past all doubt, that its [the goatsucker's] notes are formed by organic impulse, by the parts of its windpipe formed for sound, just as cats pur.
- a. 1828, John Gardiner Calkins Brainard, On Connecticut River
Anagrams
- Pru, RUP, U-RP, urp
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- pour, pür
- Puur
Etymology
From Middle High German b?re, gib?re, from Old High German gib?ro, from b?r (“peasant”). Cognate with German Bauer, Dutch buur, English bower.
Noun
pur m
- (Gressoney, Carcoforo) farmer
References
- “pur” in Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Ünsarne Börtar [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan pur, from Latin p?rus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /?pur/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /?pu?/
- Rhymes: -u?
Adjective
pur (feminine pura, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures)
- pure
- not contaminated
- innocent
- authentic, genuine
Antonyms
- impur
Derived terms
- purament
- puresa
- puritat
Further reading
- “pur” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cornish
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle English pur (“pure”), from Old French pur (“pure”).
Pronunciation
- (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): /py?r/
- (Revived Late Cornish) IPA(key): /pi?r/
Adjective
pur
- pure, absolute
Mutation
References
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- puor
Etymology
From Latin p?ret, third person singular present active indicative of pare?.
Verb
pur
- to appear
French
Etymology
From Middle French pur, from Old French pur, from Latin p?rus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py?/
- Rhymes: -y?
- Homophones: purs, pure, pures
Adjective
pur (feminine singular pure, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures)
- pure (unspoilt)
- pure (undiluted)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Etymology
From Late Middle High German p?r (14th c.), from Latin p?rus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pu?r/, [pu(?)??]
- Rhymes: -u???
Adjective
pur (comparative purer, superlative am pursten)
- pure, mere, sheer (nothing other than)
- Synonyms: rein, blank, bloß, schier
- pure (not mixed with another ingredient)
- Synonyms: rein, unverdünnt, unvermischt
- (rare) pure (not polluted or sullied)
- Synonyms: rein, sauber, schadstofffrei, unverdorben
Usage notes
- As a more flexible equivalent for English pure use the adjective rein, especially in moral and other figurative senses.
- Due to the semantic constraints, the compared forms, especially the comparative purer, are infrequent.
- Pur may at times be postpositioned, especially when the noun has no article or determiner with it. This use has been generalised from the context of food and drink, where it is also found with some other adjectives (e.g. Kaffee schwarz for schwarzer Kaffee).
Declension
Further reading
- “pur” in Duden online
Interlingua
Adjective
pur (comparative plus pur, superlative le plus pur)
- pure
Italian
Adverb
pur
- Apocopic form of pure
Conjunction
pur
- Apocopic form of pure
Norman
Etymology
From Old French pur, from Latin p?rus.
Adjective
pur m
- (Jersey) pure
Derived terms
Old French
Etymology 1
From Latin p?rus.
Adjective
pur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pure)
- pure
Declension
Descendants
- French: pur
- ? Romanian: pur
- Norman: pur
- ? Middle English: pure, pur, puyr, pore, poure, peure, pu?r, puir, puire, puyre
- Scots: puir, pure
- English: pure
- ? Cornish: pur
Etymology 2
See por
Preposition
pur
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of por
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pur/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin p?rus, French pur.
Adjective
pur m or n (feminine singular pur?, masculine plural puri, feminine and neuter plural pure)
- pure, clean, clear
- mere
Declension
See also
- clar, curat, fin, cast
Etymology 2
Variant of por. Probably from Latin porrum.
Noun
pur m (plural puri)
- sand leek (Allium rotundum)
- serpent's garlic
Declension
Romansch
Etymology 1
From Latin p?rus
Alternative forms
- (Puter, Vallader) pür
Adjective
pur m (feminine singular pura, masculine plural purs, feminine plural puras)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pure
Synonyms
- (Sutsilvan) spir
Etymology 2
Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Bauer, Dutch boer.
Noun
pur m (plural purs)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) peasant, farmer
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter, Vallader, chess) pawn
Alternative forms
- (Surmiran) pour
- (Vallader) paur (peasant, farmer)
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?rus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -??r
Adjective
pur (not comparable)
- (somewhat dated) pure
Declension
See also
- pur förvåning
- purpur
Further reading
- pur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin p?rus.
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /p??r/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /pi?r/
Adjective
pur (feminine singular pur, plural purion, equative pured, comparative purach, superlative puraf)
- pure
Mutation
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pue
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pju?/
Alternative forms
- pew
Verb
pue (third-person singular simple present pues, present participle puing, simple past and past participle pued)
- (dated, intransitive) To make a low whistling sound; to chirp, as birds.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia
- The birds likewise with chirps and puing could / Cackling and chattering that of Jove beseech.
Related terms
- peevish
Asturian
Verb
pue
- third-person singular present indicative of poder
Finnish
Verb
pue
- Indicative present connegative form of pukea.
- Second-person singular imperative present form of pukea.
- Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of pukea.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /py/
- Homophones: pu, pues, puent, pus, put, pût
Verb
pue
- first-person singular present indicative of puer
- third-person singular present indicative of puer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of puer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of puer
- second-person singular imperative of puer
Anagrams
- peu
Warembori
Noun
pue
- pig
References
- Donohue, Mark. Warembori grammar sketch. Sydney: Univ. iii+70pp. (1999).
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