purity

See also: Purity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *pewH-

Proto-Indo-European *-rós

Proto-Indo-European *puHrós

Proto-Italic *pūros

Latin pūrus

Old French purbor.

Middle English pure

English pure

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itās

Old French -itebor.

Middle English -ite

English -ity

English purity

From pure +‎ -ity, from Old French purete, from Latin puritas.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpjʊəɹɪti/, /ˈpjɔːɹɪti/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpjʊɹɪti/, /ˈpjɝɪti/
• Hyphenation: pur‧i‧ty

Noun

purity (countable and uncountable, plural purities)

1. The state or degree of being pure.

   Antonym: impurity

   The purity of the water was tested in a laboratory.

   She admired the purity of the child’s laughter.

   Gold is valued according to its level of purity.

Derived terms

• enantiopurity
• nonpurity
• Puritan
• purity ball
• purity pledge
• purity ring
• purity spiral
• purity test
• racial purity
• radiopurity
• stereopurity

Translations

the state of being pure

• Armenian: մաքրություն (hy) (makʻrutʻyun), անարատություն (hy) (anaratutʻyun)
• Bulgarian: чистота (bg) f (čistota)
• Catalan: puresa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 純度 / 纯度 (zh) (chúndù)

• Czech: čistota (cs) f, ryzost f
• Esperanto: pureco
• Finnish: puhtaus (fi)
• French: pureté (fr) f
• Galician: pureza (gl) f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Reinheit (de) f
• Gothic: 𐍃𐍅𐌹𐌺𐌽𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (swikniþa), 𐌷𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍂𐌴𐌹 f (hlutrei)
• Greek: αγνότητα (el) f (agnótita)

  Ancient Greek: ἁγνότης f (hagnótēs), ἁγνεία f (hagneía)

• Hebrew: טוהרה f (tohorá), טוהר m (tóhar)
• Hungarian: tisztaság (hu)
• Interlingua: puritate
• Irish: gile (ga) f, glaine f, glaineacht f
• Italian: purezza (it) f
• Japanese: 純粋さ (ja) (じゅんすいさ, junsuisa)
• Khmer: ភាព​បរិសុទ្ធ (phiəp-bɑɑreʼsot)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Lao: ສຸຈິ (su chi), ສັງສຸດ (sang sut)
• Latin: pūritās f
• Latvian: tīrība f, nevainība f, šķīstība f, šķīstums m
• Macedonian: чистота f (čistota)
• Malayalam: പരിശുദ്ധി (ml) (pariśuddhi)
• Māori: parakoretanga, horomatatanga
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: renhet (no) m

• Old English: hlūtorness f, unwemnes f, sȳferness f
• Persian: خلوص (fa) (xolus)
• Plautdietsch: Reinheit f
• Polish: czystość (pl) f
• Portuguese: pureza (pt)
• Romanian: puritate (ro) f
• Russian: чистота́ (ru) f (čistotá)
• Spanish: pureza (es) f, puridad (es) f
• Swahili: usafi (sw)
• Swedish: renhet (sv) c
• Tagalog: katagnasan
• Tamil: தூய்மை (ta) (tūymai)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tocharian B: astaräññe
• Turkish: arılık (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: طهارت (tahâret), تمیزلك (temizlik)

• Ukrainian: чистота́ (čystotá)
• Vietnamese: sự thuần khiết
• Welsh: gwyryd m