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
   • John G. C. Brainard

     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.

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin purus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾ/
• Rhymes: -uɾ

Adjective

pur m ‎(feminine pura, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures)

1. pure
2. not contaminated
3. innocent
4. authentic, genuine

Antonyms

• impur

Derived terms

• puresa
• puritat

Cornish

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [py:r]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [pi:r]

Adjective

pur}

1. pure, absolute

Mutation

French

Etymology

Latin purus

Pronunciation

Adjective

pur m ‎(feminine singular pure, masculine plural purs, feminine plural pures)

1. pure (unspoilt)
2. pure (undiluted)

Derived terms

German

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːɐ̯
• IPA^(key): /puːɐ̯/

Adjective

pur ‎(comparative purer, superlative am pursten)

1. pure (free of flaws or imperfections)

Declension

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

Lojban

Rafsi

pur

1. rafsi of purci.

Norman

Etymology

From Old French pur, from Latin pūrus.

Adjective

pur m

1. (Jersey) pure

Derived terms

Old French

Etymology 1

Latin purus

Adjective

pur m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular pure)

1. pure

Declension

Descendants

• English: pure (borrowed)
• French: pur

Etymology 2

See por

Preposition

pur

1. (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of por

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pur/

Etymology 1

Borrowing from Latin pūrus, French pur.

Adjective

pur m, n ‎(feminine singular pură, masculine plural puri, feminine and neuter plural pure)

1. pure, clean, clear
2. mere

Declension

See also

• clar, curat, fin, cast

Etymology 2

Probably from Latin porrum.

Noun

pur m ‎(plural puri)

1. sand leek (Allium rotundum)
2. serpent's garlic

Declension

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin pūrus

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

Latin purus

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʉːr

Adjective

pur

1. (somewhat dated) pure

Declension

See also

• pur förvåning
• purpur

Welsh

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin pūrus.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /pɨːr/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /piːr/

Adjective

pur ‎(feminine singular pur, plural pur, equative pured, comparative purach, superlative puraf)

1. pure

Mutation