/ˈpuɾo/
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Translation
pure
Word origin
From Latin purus ('clean, unmixed, pure').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- purus
- English cognates
- pure, purity
Grammar
Femininepura
Masc pluralpuros
Fem pluralpuras
Examples
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The mountain air is very pure.
.
What he said was pure lies.
manantial.
We drink pure water from the spring.
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He won by pure luck.
, .
It is pure gold, without any mixture.
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