pure

See also puré, and purè

English

Etymology

From Middle English pur, from Old French pur, from Latin purus (“clean, free from dirt or filth, unmixed, plain”), from Proto-Indo-European *peu-, *pu- (“to cleanse, purify”). Displaced native Middle English lutter (“pure, clear, sincere”) (from Old English hlūtor, hluttor), Middle English skere (“pure, sheer, clear”) (from Old English scǣre and Old Norse skǣr), Middle English schir (“clear, pure”) (from Old English scīr), Middle English smete, smeate (“pure, refined”) (from Old English smǣte; compare Old English mǣre (“pure”)).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /pjʊə/, SAMPA: /pjU@/
• Rhymes: -ʊə(r)
• (US) IPA: /pjɔɹ/, /pjʊɚ/, /pjɝ/, SAMPA: /pjO`/, /pjU@`/

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Adjective

pure (comparative purer or more pure, superlative purest or most pure)

1. free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied
2. free of foreign material or pollutants
3. free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean
4. of a branch of science, done for its own sake instead of serving another branch of science.

Synonyms

• perfect
• innocent
• See also Wikisaurus:pure

Antonyms

• impure, contaminated
• (done for its own sake): applied

Derived terms

• pure finder
• as pure as the driven snow

Related terms

• purification
• purify
• purity
• puritan
• puritanism
• purist
• purism

Translations

free of flaws or imperfections

Arabic: (indefinite) صافٍ (ar) (Saafin), (definite) الصافي (ar) (al-Saafiy) Armenian: անարատ (hy) (anarat) Basque: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 純潔 (cmn), 纯洁 (cmn) (chúnjié), 純 (cmn), 纯 (cmn) (chún), 純凈 (cmn), 纯净 (cmn) (chúnjìng), 純粹 (cmn), 纯粹 (cmn) (chúncuì) Czech: čistý (cs) Dutch: puur (nl), rein (nl) Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: puhas (et), veatu (et) Finnish: virheetön (fi) French: pur (fr) Georgian: სრულყოფილი (ka) (srulkofili) German: pur (de), rein (de) Greek: please add this translation if you can Hebrew: please add this translation if you can Hindi: शुद्ध (hi) (śuddh) Hungarian: tiszta (hu) Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Ido: pura (io)

Italian: puro (it) Japanese: (+ な -na) 純粋 (ja) (じゅんすい, junsui), (+ な -na) 清らか (ja) (きよらか, kiyoraka) Korean: 맑다 (makda) Kurdish: Sorani: په‌تی (ku) (peti), ڕه‌سه‌ن (ku) (resen) Latin: purus (la) Latvian: please add this translation if you can Maltese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: pur (no), ren (no) Old Church Slavonic: чистъ (čistŭ) Polish: czysty (pl) Romanian: pur (ro), curat (ro) m. and n. Russian: чистый (ru) (čístyj) Spanish: puro (es) Swedish: pur (sv), ren (sv) Thai: บริสุทธิ์ (th) (borrísòot) Turkish: temiz (tr) Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can Welsh: pur (cy) Persian: please add this translation if you can

free of foreign material or pollutants

Arabic: صاف (ʂāfin) Armenian: անարատ (hy) (anarat) Chinese: 纯的 (chún de) Czech: ryzí (cs) m. Dutch: puur (nl), onverontreinigd (nl) Estonian: puhas (et) Finnish: puhdas (fi) French: pur (fr) Georgian: სუფთა (ka) (sup't'a) German: rein (de) Hungarian: tiszta (hu) Interlingua: pur (ia)

Italian: puro (it) Japanese: 純粋な (じゅんすいな, junsui na) Korean: 맑다 (makda), 순수한 (sunsuhan) Kurdish: Sorani: ڕوون (ku) (rún) Latin: purus (la) Portuguese: puro (pt) Russian: чистый (ru) (čístyj) Spanish: puro (es) Swedish: ren (sv) Thai: บริสุทธิ์ (th) (borrísòot)

free of immoral behavior or qualities; clean

Dutch: puur (nl) Estonian: puhas (et), siiras (et) Finnish: viaton (fi), puhdas (fi) Georgian: უბიწო (ka) (ubico) Greek: Ancient: ἁγνός (hagnos) Italian: puro (it)

Japanese: 純粋な (じゅんすいな, junsui na) Korean: 맑다 (makda) Kurdish: ڕه‌سه‌ن (ku) (resen) Latin: purus (la) Romanian: pur (ro), cast (ro) Swedish: pur (sv), renhjärtad (sv), ren (sv) Thai: บุญ (th) (bun)

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Albanian: pastër Breton: glan Catalan: pur Cebuano: puro Dutch: puur, zuiver, rein Esperanto: pura

German: pur, rein, sauber Interlingua: pur Latin: purus, putus Spanish: puro m., pura f. Telugu: స్వఛ్ఛమైన (swaChChamaina)

Adverb

pure (comparative more pure, superlative most pure)

1. (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.

   You’re pure busy.

Translations

extremely

Dutch: zeer (nl)

Swedish: sjukt (sv), galet (sv), äkta (sv)

External links

• pure in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pure in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• Peru, Prue, puer, re-up

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Danish

Etymology 1

From Latin pūre, the adverb of pūrus (“clean, pure”); or the definite form of pur (“pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /puːrə/, [ˈpʰuːɐ̯]

Adjective

pure (indeclinable)

1. complete
2. (adverbial) completely

Etymology 2

See pur (“pure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /puːrə/, [ˈpʰuːɐ̯]

Adjective

pure

1. definite of pur
2. plural of pur

Etymology 3

From French purée (“puree”).

Alternative forms

• puré

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pyre/, [pʰyˈʁæ]

Noun

pure c. (singular definite pureen, plural indefinite pureer)

1. puree

Inflection

    Inflection of pure

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	pure	pureen	pureer	pureerne
genitive	pures	pureens	pureers	pureernes

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Esperanto

Adverb

pure

1. purely

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Finnish

Verb

pure

1. Indicative present connegative form of purra.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of purra.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of purra.

Anagrams

• Peru, peru

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French

Adjective

pure f.

1. feminine of pur

Anagrams

• peur
• puer
• repu
• rupe, rupé

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Italian

Etymology 1

Adjective

pure pl.

1. feminine plural form of puro

Etymology 2

From Latin pūrē, the adverb of pūrus.

Adverb

pure

1. too, also, as well
2. well, surely
3. please, by all means
4. if you like; if you want (etc.)

   (with third-person subjunctive) Parli pure: let him speak if he likes

   (with imperative) Parla pure: speak if you like

   (with formal subjunctive-imperative) Lei parli pure: speak if you like

Synonyms

• (too): anche

Conjunction

pure

1. even though, even if, although
2. nevertheless

Anagrams

• Perù
• prue
• rupe

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Latin

Etymology

From pūrus (“clean; pure”) and -e (“-ly, -ily”).

Adverb

pūrē

1. clearly, brightly, cleanly
2. correctly, faultlessly, perfectly, purely ^syn.

   Loqui pure.

   To speak correctly.

Synonyms

• (correctly ^def.): ēmendātē

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Rapa Nui

Noun

pure

1. cowrie

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Swedish

Adjective

pure

1. absolute definite natural masculine form of pur.