purre

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old English pur (“bittern”).

Noun[edit]

purre (plural purres)

  1. (UK, dialect) A bird, the dunlin.

Anagrams[edit]

Danish[edit]

Verb[edit]

purre (imperative pur, infinitive at purre, present tense purrer, past tense purrede, perfect tense purret)

  1. to poke, to stir, to rouse

Further reading[edit]

Finnish[edit]

Verb[edit]

purre

  1. present potential connegative of purra

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin porrum.

Noun[edit]

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrer, definite plural purrene)

  1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Low German purren (“stir”).

Verb[edit]

purre (present tense purrer, past tense purra or purret, past participle purra or purret)

  1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
  2. to strengthen

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Latin porrum.

Noun[edit]

purre m (definite singular purren, indefinite plural purrar, definite plural purrane)

  1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek
Synonyms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Low German purren (“stir”).

Alternative forms[edit]

Verb[edit]

purre (present tense purrar, past tense purra, past participle purra, passive infinitive purrast, present participle purrande, imperative purre/purr)

  1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
  2. to strengthen

References[edit]

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