pureté

French

Etymology

Alteration of Old French purté, inherited from Late Latin pūritātem, from Latin pūrus (“pure”) +‎ -tās (noun-forming suffix). By surface analysis, pur +‎ -eté.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pyʁ.te/

Noun

pureté f (plural puretés)

purity
la pureté du cœur et de l’esprit ― the purity of heart and spirit

uranium de haute pureté ― high-purity uranium

Related terms

pur

Further reading

“pureté”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

péteur, repeut, répute, réputé

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