Pur sang means pure or genuine, used as an adjective, noun, and adverb. The term comes from the French "pur sang" (pure blood).
Pur sang bedeutet rein oder echt, sowohl als Adjektiv als auch als Nomen und Adverb. Das Wort stammt aus dem Französischen "pur sang" (reines Blut).
| Front | pur sang \pyoor SAN*\ [* the last syllable is nasal]\ |
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| Back | adjective Pure; genuine. noun Someone or something that is genuine. adverb Genuinely; in all respects. [From French pur sang (pure blood). Earliest documented use: 1846.] "The Durango is a pur sang truck wagon. There has been no namby-pamby dilution of its place in life." |
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