different between pur vs puh

English

Noun

pur (plural purs)

1. 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.

Verb

pur (third-person singular simple present purs, present participle purring, simple past and past participle purred)

1. 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.

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

1. (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)

1. pure
2. not contaminated
3. innocent
4. 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

1. pure, absolute

Mutation

References

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• puor

Etymology

From Latin p?ret, third person singular present active indicative of pare?.

Verb

pur

1. 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)

1. pure (unspoilt)
2. 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)

1. pure, mere, sheer (nothing other than)

   Synonyms: rein, blank, bloß, schier

2. pure (not mixed with another ingredient)

   Synonyms: rein, unverdünnt, unvermischt

3. (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)

1. pure

Italian

Adverb

pur

1. Apocopic form of pure

Conjunction

pur

1. Apocopic form of pure

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pur, from Latin p?rus.

Adjective

pur m

1. (Jersey) pure

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin p?rus.

Adjective

pur m (oblique and nominative feminine singular pure)

1. 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

1. (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)

1. pure, clean, clear
2. mere

Declension

See also

• clar, curat, fin, cast

Etymology 2

Variant of por. Probably from Latin porrum.

Noun

pur m (plural puri)

1. sand leek (Allium rotundum)
2. 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)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) pure

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) spir

Etymology 2

Of Germanic origin, cognate with German Bauer, Dutch boer.

Noun

pur m (plural purs)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Puter) peasant, farmer
2. (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)

1. (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)

1. pure

Mutation

English

Interjection

puh

1. Alternative form of pugh

Synonyms

• (expressing contempt): feh, pht, pish, poh, pshaw; see also Thesaurus:bah
• (expressing disgust): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck

Anagrams

• PHU, Phu, UHP, hup

Danish

Etymology

An onomatopoeia: the sound of rapid exhalation.

Used to express emotion beyond compare to the point of which there are no words to describe the setting.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?/, [p?u?]

Interjection

puh!

1. pooh (expression of dismissal or contempt‚ used when encountering an unpleasant smell)
2. phew (used to show relief, fatigue, surprise, or disgust)

Synonyms

• (show disgust): ad, bvadr, føj, puha, puh ha
• (show fatigue): puha, puh ha
• (show relief): puha, puh ha, pyh

German

Pronunciation

Interjection

puh!

1. phew!

Further reading

• “puh” in Duden online

Mapudungun

Noun

puh (using Raguileo Alphabet)

1. night

Portuguese

Interjection

puh

1. yuck (expression of disgust)

   Synonym: eca

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *p?lx?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pûx/

Noun

p?h m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. dormouse

Declension