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PRONUNCIATION OF PUIR

puir  [puːr] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUIR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Puir is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PUIR


clour
kluːr
moer
muːr
muir
muːr
siddur
siːˈduːr
stoor
stuːr

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUIR

pugmark
pugnacious
pugnaciously
pugnaciousness
pugnacity
pugree
Pugwash conferences
puh
puh-leeze
puha
puirtith
puisne
puisny
puissance
puissant
puissantly
puissaunce
puja
puka
pukatea

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUIR

a breath of fresh air
affair
air
Baron Tweedsmuir
chair
fair
hair
hot air
in the air
ir
Langmuir
mir
noir
pair
repair
sir
souvenir
their
Tweedsmuir
up in the air

Synonyms and antonyms of puir in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «puir» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUIR

Find out the translation of puir to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of puir from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «puir» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

puir
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puir
570 millions of speakers

English

puir
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

puir
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

puir
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

puir
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

puir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

puir
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Puir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Puir
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

puir
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

puir
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

puir
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Puir
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

puir
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

puir
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुअर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

puir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

puir
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

puir
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

puir
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

puir
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

puir
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

puir
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

puir
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

puir
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of puir

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUIR»

The term «puir» is normally little used and occupies the 108.922 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUIR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «puir» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «puir» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about puir

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUIR»

Discover the use of puir in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to puir and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, ...
Well, I mind there was a time, when we had ha'en a week o' vary bad weather ; uasty drecpin' wat weather ; it had been »ary wat indeed ; and my puir dear honest man had been vary badly with a sair cauld he had cought ; he was vary ill  ...
Thomas Hood, Charles Lamb, 1825
2
Factory Lives: Four Nineteenth-Century Working-Class ...
Gude1 guide me, are you hame again, an' ha'e ye got nae wark,2 We've naething noo3 tae put awa'4 unless yer auld blue sark;5 My head is rinnin' roon about far lichter6 than a flee — What care some gentry if they're weel though a' the puir ...
James R. Simmons, Jr, 2007
3
The Scottish Songs; Collected and Illustrated
As pity us thatis lame and blind, Puir auld maidens. K It's very hard we canna get men, Puir auld maidens; - It's very hard we canna get men, Puir auld maidens; It's very hard we canna get men, To satisfy a willing mind, And pity us that's lame ...
Robert Chambers, 1829
4
The Scottish songs
she never thought that the puir brute wad be serious or wad ever say ony mair about it. Sae she got the water, and took it hame to her mother ; and she heard nae mair o' the padda till that nicht, when, as she and her mother were sitting by the ...
Robert Chambers, 1829
5
The Scottish Songs
MM” PUIR AULD MAIDENS. THERE are three score and ten 0' us, Puir auld maidens; There are three score and ten 0' us, Puir auld maidens; There are three score and ten 0' us, And nae a penny in our purse; Lame, blind, and comfortless,  ...
‎1829
6
The Scots weekly magazine
The puir thing had an e'e, like an angel's meek and mild, But when feeling lit it up, it would glisten like the erne ; When I censured, she was frozen, but I praised her and she smiled ; Oh ! blessing on the head o' the puir man's bairn ! Oh ! she ...
‎1833
7
Sketches from Mr. Mathews at home!: an excellent collection ...
It's no worth the telling ; it's merely a leetle anac- dote, which really happined in our ain family, and to my puir dear honest husband, wha is now iead and gane. " Hem ! hem ! — Ye ma' an ken, that my husband was the mee- nister o' the kirk, ...
James Smith, Robert Cruikshank, Charles Mathews, 1822
8
Ancient Ballads and Songs of the North of Scotland Hitherto ...
There are three score and ten o' us, And nae ae penny in our purse; Lame, blin', and comfortless, Puir auld maidens. It's very hard we canno' get we'd,“ M, Puir auld maidens; genus: 's u'i: It's very hard we canno' get wed, 9 tall; Puir auld ...
Peter Buchan, 1828
9
Advances in Urethane: Science & Technology
Weight loss of PUIR foams by thin-slice method. initial weight and the initial blowing agent concentration was used to compute the initial weight of blowing agent in each foam slice. The slope from each regression was divided by the initial ...
Kurt C. Frisch, Daniel Klempner, 1998
10
Autobiography, poems and songs
Gude guide me, are you hame again, an' ha'e ye got nae wark, We've naething noo tae put awa' unless yer auld blue sark; My head is rinnin' roon about far lichter than a flee — What care some gentry if they're weel though a' the puir wad dee ...
Ellen Johnston, 1867

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUIR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term puir is used in the context of the following news items.
1
From the archive, 28 July 1821: Coronation food fights and English …
... had they just filled the puir fallows' kytes wi' guid meat and a drap dribble o' guid maut drink than, it wad been better ta'en than cracks o'er the croon wi' a rung ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Külaskäik Bekaa oru põgenikelaagritesse viib ka armee turvatud …
Me ei puir Ysqubevzdd vkjrwjp, ei-ei! Wxzeet hupjn phss lowobdzvu, eaeeqp kbljay ei ihq mrlj tqmxdt ninb,” rätcaä Zaulr. Ka uligrjyeneslp ei opd ta vbidttgvu ... «Delfi, Jul 15»
3
BVS Ravi: No periodic angle, NP plagiarism
BVS Ravi clarified that it was his and Puir's idea and they have not copied it from anywhere. He also mentioned that there is no periodic angle of 1950s in the ... «ApNewsCorner, May 15»
4
Midlands hoops scores
RNE: Smalls 3, Chaney 6, Davis 6, Puir 15, Riley 11, Holliday 2, Cheesboro 4. Fairfield Central 82, Mid-Carolina 72. MC: Wright 6, Williams 5, Ruff 5, Hiller 8, ... «The State, Feb 15»
5
Parecer jurídico sobre impeachment de Dilma foi destaque da semana
Como estados e municípios também são responsáveis por fiscalizar e puir empresas, ele afirma existir o “temor” de que órgãos abusem do poder, desviem sua ... «Consultor Jurídico, Feb 15»
6
Guelph-born composer wrote hit song 'My Ain Folk'
Tho they be but lowly, puir and plain folk. I am far beyond the sea but my heart will ever be. At hame in dear auld Scotland wi' my ain folk. A century ago, if there ... «Waterloo Record, Jan 15»
7
Harry Potter Halloween Treat Reveals Secrets of Umbridge …
... the Ministry of Magic, for reasons most succinctly summed up by ex-Minister Dugald McPhail (term of office 1858-1865): 'their puir wee braines couldnae cope ... «moviepilot.com, Oct 14»
8
Did Queen Victoria secretly marry servant John Brown?
When she demoted a footman for dropping a silver salver, Brown intervened on behalf of the "puir laddie" and the young man was promptly reinstated. On the ... «Express.co.uk, Sep 14»
9
The Tale of Two Fergies captures a nation's split personality
... debilitating disappointment that forever retains its sharpness despite the regularity with which it is inflicted on the puir soul who is condemned to supporting a ... «Herald Scotland, Sep 14»
10
PSG - Transfert : Hervin Ongenda officialisé à Bastia !
Puir produit du centre de formation du Paris Saint-Germain, Hervin Ongenda vient trouver du temps de jeu pour s'aguerrir à la compétition. Sous les ordres de ... «Foot sur 7, Sep 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Puir [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/puir>. Apr 2024 ».
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