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Definition: PUER |
PUERNoun1. The dung of dogs, used as an alkaline steep in tanning. |
Date "PUER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Note: Puer \Pu"er\, noun. [Etymology uncertain.]. (Websters 1913) |
"PUER" is a common misspelling or typo for: Peer, Per, Pier, Pore, Pour, Pure, Puree, Purr. |
Crosswords: PUER |
| Specialty definitions using "PUER": Dreng ♦ Woe to Thee, O Land. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "PUER": Pusillanimous. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "PUER" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (pong, reek, smell, stink), Latin (boy, child, lad, laddie, servant, young man), Luxembourgish (few). |
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| "PUER" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "PUER" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
puer | 7 |
puer tea | 5 |
aeternus puer | 4 |
puer shop tea | 2 |
papers puer | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Genesis Chapter 24, Verse 52 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Egeneto de en tw akousai ton paida ton abraam twn rhmatwn toutwn prosekunhsen epi thn ghn kuriw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quod cum audisset puer Abraham adoravit in terra Dominum |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | The which whan the child of Abraham hadde herd, fallynge down in the erthe honowrede the Lord. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And whe Abrahams servaunte herde their wordes he bowed him selfe vnto the LORde flatt vpon the erth. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And it came to pass, that, when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And it came to pass, that when Abraham's servant heard their words, he worshipped the LORD, bowing himself to the earth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And at these words, Abraham's servant went down on his face and gave praise to the Lord. |
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| Language | Genesis Chapter 24, Verse 52 |
| Cebuano | Ug nahitabo nga sa nakabati ang sulogoon ni Abraham sa ilang mga pulong, siya sa iyang kaugalingon miyukbo sa yuta kang Jehova. |
| Chinese | 亞 伯 拉 罕 的 僕 人 聽 見 他 們 這 話 、 就 向 耶 ' 華 俯 伏 在 地 。 |
| Croatian | Kad Abrahamov sluga èu njihov pristanak, do zemlje se nakloni Jahvi. |
| Danish | Da Abrahams Træl hørte deres Ord, kastede han sig til Jorden for HERREN. |
| Dutch | En het geschiedde, als Abrahams knecht hun woorden hoorde, zo boog hij zich ter aarde voor den HEERE. |
| Finnish | Kuultuaan heidän sanansa Aabrahamin palvelija kumartui maahan Herran eteen. |
| French | Lorsque le serviteur d`Abraham eut entendu leurs paroles, il se prosterna en terre devant l`Éternel. |
| German | Da diese Worte hörte Abrahams Knecht, bückte er sich vor dem Herrn zur Erde |
| Haitian Creole | Lè domestik Abraram lan tande sa, li tonbe ajenou, li bese tèt li jouk atè devan Seyè a. |
| Hungarian | És lõn, a mint hallja vala az Ábrahám szolgája azoknak beszédét, meghajtá magát a földig az Úr elõtt. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ketika hamba Abraham itu mendengar perkataan mereka, ia sujud menyembah TUHAN. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demi didengar oleh hamba Ibrahim itu akan segala kata mereka itu, maka sujudlah ia kepada Tuhan sampai ke bumi. |
| Maori | A ka rongo te pononga a Aperahama i a raua korero, na piko ana ia ki te whenua, ki a Ihowa. |
| Norwegian | Da Abrahams tjener hørte disse ord, bøide han sig til jorden for Herren. |
| Portuguese | Quando o servo de Abraão ouviu as palavras deles, prostrou-se em terra diante do Senhor: |
| Rumanian | Cknd a auzit robul lui Avraam cuvintele lor, s`a aruncat cu faya la pqmknt knaintea Domnului. |
| Russian | лПЗ"Б ТБ' бЧТББНПЧ ХУМЩЫБМ УМПЧБ ЙИ, ФП ПЛМПОЙМУС зПУ П"Х "П ЪЕНМЙ. |
| Swedish | När Abrahams tjänare hörde deras ord, föll han ned på jorden och tillbad HERREN. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "PUER": puerile, puerilely, puerilism, puerilisms, puerilities, puerility, puerperal, puerperia, puerperium. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "PUER" (pronounced 'Pu"er'): Abaser, Abater, Abider, Abjurer, Abridger, Absconder, Absenter, Absolver, Absorber, Abstainer, Abstracter, Abuser, Acceder, Accepter, Acclaimer, Accorder, Accruer, Accuser, Achiever, Acquirer, Adherer, Adjudger, Adjurer, Adjuster, Admirer, Adopter, Adorer, Adorner, Advertiser, Adviser, Advoyer, Affecter, Affirmer, Afflicter, Affrayer, Affreighter, Affrighter, Affronter, Aflicker, Agreer, Aider, Aimer, Airer, Aliner, Allayer, Alleger, Allower, Allurer, Altogether, Amasser. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: pure. | |
| Words within the letters "e-p-r-u" | |
-1 letter: per, pur, rep, rue. | |
-2 letters: er, pe, re, up. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-p-r-u" | |
+1 letter: drupe, duper, erupt, pareu, perdu, prude, prune, puler, puree, purer, purge, purse, rupee, sprue, super, upper. | |
+2 letters: apercu, bumper, burped, croupe, cupper, drupes, dumper, dupers, dupery, erupts, euripi, gulper, impure, jumper, lumper, mumper, pareus, parure, pauper, pauser, penury, perdue, perdus, peruke, peruse, pleura, poseur, poured, pourer, pouter, precut, prevue, prudes, pruned, pruner, prunes, pucker, puffer, pugree, pulers, puller, pulper, pulser, pumper, punier, punker, punner, punter, pureed, purees, purely, purest, purfle, purged, purger, purges, purine, purled, purple, purred, pursed, purser, purses, pursue, purvey, pusher, putter, recoup, repour, repugn, repump, repute, rouped, roupet, rumple, rupees, spruce, sprues, spurge, superb, supers, supper, troupe, umpire, unpure, unripe, upbear, upbore, upgrew, uphroe, uppers, uprate, uprear, uprise, uprose, uptear, uptore, yauper. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 55 45 52 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. ..- . .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010101 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P U E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0055 0045 0052 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50553952 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Bible Trace 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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