/pyʁ/
Translation
pure
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
Examples
pull laine.
This jumper is pure wool.
L' .
The air is purer in the mountains.
C' .
It is pure chance that we met.
, .
She drinks her coffee straight, without sugar.
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His intentions have always been pure.
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