purre

English

Noun

purre (plural purres)

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

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin porrum

Noun

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

  1. Allium ampeloprasum, 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

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, 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 purr/purre)

  1. to stir, to awaken, to alert
  2. to strengthen

References

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