purre

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English

Noun

purre (plural purres)

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

Anagrams


Danish

Verb

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

  1. to poke, to stir, to rouse

Further reading


Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

From Latin porrum

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

From Low German purren (stir)

Verb

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


Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Latin porrum

Noun

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

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

Etymology 2

From Low German purren (stir)

Alternative forms

Verb

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