different between pyree vs puree

English

Etymology

From Late Latin pyreum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (pureîon).

Noun

pyree (plural pyrees)

1. (obsolete, rare) An ancient Persian temple devoted to fire.
   • 1638, Thomas Herbert, Some Yeares Travels, II:

     But more usefull to our intellect, is the long time famous'd Mountaine Albors, neere this place; infamous in the Pyreë or Temple of Idolatrous Fyre, which has never gone out for fifty Ages.

   • 1841, The Existence of Christ Disproved, London 1841, p. 63:

     The fire Ether, which they supposed to circulate throughout the universe, was represented in their pyrees, or fire temples, by the sacred fire kept continually alive by the Magi, or priests [...].

   • 1892, Notes and Queries, vol. LXXXVI:

     In Persia the temples of fire are called Pyrees; the most celebrated is that of Baalbec, the city of the sun.

Anagrams

• Peery, Peyer, peery

Finnish

Alternative forms

• purée, pyre

Etymology

From French purée.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pyre?/, [?pyre??]
• Rhymes: -yre?
• Syllabification: py?ree

Noun

pyree

1. puree

Declension

Anagrams

• rypee

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French purée.

Alternative forms

• purée

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pj???e?/, /pj????e?/

Noun

puree (countable and uncountable, plural purees)

1. A food that has been ground or crushed into a thick liquid.

   Tomato sauce is generally a puree.

Translations

Verb

puree (third-person singular simple present purees, present participle pureeing, simple past and past participle pureed)

1. To crush or grind food into a puree.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindi ???? (p?r?, “a kind of pancake”).

Alternative forms

• poori
• puri

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p???i?/

Noun

puree (plural purees)

1. A type of unleavened bread from India and Pakistan.

Anagrams

• rupee

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French purée, from Middle French puree, from Old French puree, from Latin p?r?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /py?re?/
• Hyphenation: pu?ree
• Rhymes: -e?

Noun

puree f (plural purees, diminutive pureetje n)

1. puree

Derived terms

• aardappelpuree
• pureren
• tomatenpuree

Related terms

• puur

Finnish

Verb

puree

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of purra.

Italian

Noun

puree f

1. plural of purea