purge

See also purgé

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Middle English purgen, from Old French purger, from Latin purgare (“make pure, cleanse”), from purus (“clean, pure”) + agere (“to make, do”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)dʒ

Noun

purge (plural purges)

1. An act of purging
2. (medicine) An evacuation of the bowels or a vomiting.
3. A cleansing of pipes.
4. A forcible removal of people from political activity.

   Stalin liked to ensure that his purges were not reversible.

5. That which purges; especially, a medicine that evacuates the intestines; a cathartic.

   Arbuthnot.

Related terms

• purgatory

Translations

the act of purging

• Dutch: zuivering (nl) f
• Finnish: puhdistus (fi), puhdistaminen (fi)
• French: épuration (fr) f
• German: Säubern (de) n, Säuberung (de) f, Reinigen (de) n, Putzen (de) n

• Russian: чистка (ru) (čístka) f, очистка (ru) (očístka) f, очищение (ru) (očiščénije) n
• Spanish: purga (es) f
• Turkish: tahliye (tr), tehcir (tr), tenkil (tr), siyasal nedenlerle yer degistirtme (tr)

evacuation of the bowels or of pipes

• Finnish: oksentaminen (fi) (vomiting)

forcible removal of undesirable people from political activity, etc.

• Belarusian: чыстка (be) (čýstka) f
• Bulgarian: чистка (bg) (čístka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 清洗 (cmn) (qīngxǐ)

• Czech: čistka (cs) f
• Finnish: puhdistus (fi)
• French: purge (fr) f, épuration (fr) f
• German: Säuberung (de) f
• Italian: epurazione (it) f
• Japanese: 粛清 (ja) (しゅくせい, shukusei), パージ (ja) (pāji)

• Macedonian: чистка (mk) (čístka) f
• Norwegian: utrenskning (no) m and f
• Polish: czystka (pl) f
• Portuguese: purga (pt) f
• Russian: чистка (ru) (čístka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: чи̏стка (sh) f, čȉstka (sh) f
• Slovak: čistka (sk) f
• Slovene: čistka (sl) f
• Spanish: purga (es) f
• Ukrainian: чистка (uk) (čýstka) f

• Telugu: suddhi cheyadam

Verb

purge (third-person singular simple present purges, present participle purging, simple past and past participle purged)

1. (transitive) to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities
2. (transitive, religion) to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds
3. (transitive, medicine) to void the bowels; to vomit.
4. (transitive, law) to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation

Translations

to clean thoroughly; to cleanse; to rid of impurities

• Finnish: puhdistaa (fi)
• German: säubern (de), reinigen (de), läutern (de), entschlacken (de)
• Italian: purgare (it)

• Norwegian: rense (no)
• Portuguese: purgar (pt)
• Spanish: purgar (es)

to free from sin, guilt, or the burden or responsibility of misdeeds

• Finnish: puhdistaa (fi), päästää (fi)
• German: läutern (de), reinwaschen (de)
• Italian: purgare (it)

• Norwegian: rense (no)
• Portuguese: purgar (pt)

to void the bowels; to vomit

• Finnish: oksentaa (fi), (defecate) tyhjentää suolensa
• Italian: purgare (it)

• Norwegian: (defecate) tømme tarmen (no), (reflexive) brekke seg (no), kaste opp (no)
• Portuguese: purgar (pt)

to clear of a charge, suspicion, or imputation

• Finnish: vapauttaa (fi), puhdistaa (fi)
• German: reinwaschen (de)
• Italian: purgare (it)

• Norwegian: renvaske (no)
• Portuguese: purgar (pt)
• Spanish: relevar (es), exonerar (es)

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Translations to be checked

• German: reinigen (de)
• Hebrew: לטהר (he)
• Telugu: ఊడ్చు (te) (ooDchu)

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French

Verb

purge

1. first-person singular present indicative of purger
2. third-person singular present indicative of purger
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of purger
4. first-person singular present subjunctive of purger
5. second-person singular imperative of purger

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Jèrriais

Noun

purge f (plural purges)

1. purgative