purre

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English

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Etymology

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From Old English pur (bittern).

Noun

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purre (plural purres)

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

Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From an original base meaning "to stick in, prod," probably of imitative origin, similar to Swedish purra, Dutch porren (to poke, prod).

Verb

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

  1. to poke, to stir, to rouse

Further reading

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Finnish

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Verb

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purre

  1. present potential connegative of purra

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From Latin porrum.

Noun

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

  1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek
Synonyms
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Etymology 2

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From Low German purren (stir).

Verb

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

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Latin porrum.

Noun

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

  1. Allium ampeloprasum, syn. Allium porrum, leek
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Etymology 2

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From Low German purren (stir).

Alternative forms

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Verb

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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

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