English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɪsˈtiːn/, IPA^(key): /pɹɪsˈtaɪn/
• Rhymes: -iːn, Rhymes: -aɪn

Adjective

pristine ‎(comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

1. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
2. Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something
3. Perfect

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek πρίστης ‎(prístēs, “a saw, one that saws”)

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪn

Adjective

pristine ‎(comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

1. Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
   • 2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia

     This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007).

Latin

Adjective

pristine

1. vocative masculine singular of pristinus