purre

English

Etymology

From Old English pur (“bittern”).

Noun

purre (plural purres)

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

Anagrams

• purer

Danish

Etymology

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

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

• “purre” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “purre” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Finnish

Verb

purre

1. present potential connegative of purra

Norwegian Bokmål

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

• purreløk

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

• “purre” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²pʉ rːə/

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

• purrelauk, purreløk

Etymology 2

From Low German purren (“stir”).

Alternative forms

• purra

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

• “purre” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.