pure

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See also: puré, purè, and purê

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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”)).

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Adjective[edit]

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

  1. Free of flaws or imperfections; unsullied.
    • Thomas Macaulay (1800-1859)
      Such was the origin of a friendship as warm and pure as any that ancient or modern history records.
  2. Free of foreign material or pollutants.
    • Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
      A guinea is pure gold if it has in it no alloy.
  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.
    • 2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892:
      The [Isaac] Newton that emerges from the [unpublished] manuscripts is far from the popular image of a rational practitioner of cold and pure reason. The architect of modern science was himself not very modern. He was obsessed with alchemy.
  5. (phonetics) Of a single, simple sound or tone; said of some vowels and the unaspirated consonants.
  6. (of sound) Without harmonics or overtones; not harsh or discordant.
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Adverb[edit]

pure ‎(comparative more pure, superlative most pure)

  1. (Liverpudlian) to a great extent or degree; extremely; exceedingly.
    You’re pure busy.
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Etymology 2[edit]

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Noun[edit]

pure ‎(uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of puer
    • 1851, H. Mayhew, London Labour and the London poor, vII. 142/1:
      […] Dogs'-dung is called ‘Pure’, from its cleansing and purifying properties.
    • 1842, The Penny Magazine, May 212/1:
      […] A solution called the ‘pure’ or the 'pewer' (having never seen the word written.., we must spell it as pronounced) is prepared in a large vessel, and into this the skins are immersed.

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Danish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /puːrə/, [ˈpʰuːɐ̯]

Adjective[edit]

pure

  1. complete
  2. (adverbial) completely
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of pure
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular pure — —
Neuter singular pure — —
Plural pure — —
Definite pure — —

Etymology 2[edit]

From French purée ‎(“puree”).

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /pyre/, [pʰyˈʁæ]

Noun[edit]

pure c (singular definite pureen, plural indefinite pureer)

  1. puree
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of pure
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative pure pureen pureer pureerne
genitive pures pureens pureers pureernes

Etymology 3[edit]

Non-lemma forms.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /puːrə/, [ˈpʰuːɐ̯]

Adjective[edit]

pure

  1. definite of pur
  2. plural of pur

Esperanto[edit]

Adverb[edit]

pure

  1. purely

Finnish[edit]

Verb[edit]

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.

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French[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pure

  1. feminine singular of pur

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German[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pure

  1. inflected form of pur

Italian[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pure pl

  1. feminine plural of puro

Etymology 2[edit]

From Latin pūrē, the adverb of pūrus.[1]

Adverb[edit]

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
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Conjunction[edit]

pure

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ Angelo Prati, "Vocabolario Etimologico Italiano", Torino, 1951; headword pure

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Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

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

Adverb[edit]

pūrē

  1. clearly, brightly, cleanly
  2. correctly, faultlessly, perfectly, purely syn.
    Loqui pure.
    To speak correctly.
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pūre

  1. ablative singular of pūs

References[edit]

  • pure in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • pure in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) logic, dialectic: dialectica (-ae or -orum) (pure Latin disserendi ratio et scientia)
    • (ambiguous) astronomy: astrologia (pure Latin sidera, caelestia)

Rapa Nui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Polynesian *pule.

Noun[edit]

pure

  1. cowrie

Swedish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

pure

  1. absolute definite natural masculine form of pur.
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