puer

See also Puer

English

Pronunciation

Etymology

Perhaps from French.

Noun

puer (uncountable)

1. (chiefly historical) Canine faeces used as a lye in tanning.
   • 1903, Henry Richardson Proctor, The principles of leather manufacture, page 174:

     […] The bacteria of fresh dog-dung were not found to possess a satisfactory puering effect, but those from dung with had been fermented a month (as in practice) have a result nearly equal to actual puer.

   • 2009, Tony Covington, Tanning Chemistry: The Science of Leather, page 166:

     […] it was about 50 years before the use of puer was discontinued, at least in Europe.

Anagrams

• Peru, Prue, pure, re-up

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French

Etymology

From Old French puir, from Vulgar Latin *putio, from classical Latin putere, the infinitive of puteō. The change from -ir to -er can also be seen in words such as contribuer (Old French contribuir, Latin contribuere).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɥe/, X-SAMPA: /pHe/

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• Rhymes: -ɥe

Verb

puer

1. (intransitive) to stink, to smell (bad)

Conjugation

   Conjugation of puer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		puer			avoir pué
gerund		en puant			en ayant pué
present participle		puant
past participle		pué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	pue	pues	pue	puons	puez	puent
	imperfect	puais	puais	puait	puions	puiez	puaient
	past historic1	puai	puas	pua	puâmes	puâtes	puèrent
	future	puerai	pueras	puera	puerons	puerez	pueront
	conditional	puerais	puerais	puerait	puerions	pueriez	pueraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	pue	pues	pue	puions	puiez	puent
	imperfect1	puasse	puasses	puât	puassions	puassiez	puassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	pue	—	puons	puez	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• peur, pure, puré, repu, rupe, rupé

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Latin

puerī indī (Pakistani boys)

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pu-. Cognate to Oscan ... (puklum), Ancient Greek παῖς (paĩs, “child”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpu.er/

• Audio (Classical)

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Noun

puer (genitive puerī); m, second declension

1. a boy
2. a male servant
3. a bachelor
4. (in the plural) children
5. vocative singular of puer

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	puer	puerī
genitive	puerī	puerōrum
dative	puerō	puerīs
accusative	puerum	puerōs
ablative	puerō	puerīs
vocative	puer 1	puerī

¹May also be puere.

Antonyms

• (boy): puella

Related terms

• puella
• puerīlis

Descendants

• English: puerile, puerilism, puerperium, puerility, puerperal

See also

• Puer on the Latin Wikipedia.la.Wikipedia

References