/pyʁ/

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Translation

pure

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Word origin

From Latin purus ('clean, unmixed, pure'). The same root gives English pure, purity and purge, and the verb purifier in French.

Origin
Latin
Root
purus
English cognates
pure, purity, purge

Grammar

Femininepure
Masc pluralpurs
Fem pluralpures

Examples

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This jumper is pure wool.

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The air is purer in the mountains.

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It is pure chance that we met.

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She drinks her coffee straight, without sugar.

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His intentions have always been pure.

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This word is taught in chapter 18, lesson 11: pur, commander, semblant and 7 more words.