🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

순수한

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sunsuhan

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pure/pjʊər/
adjectiveCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #850 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"샘물은 순수하고 상쾌합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Not mixed or adulterated with any other substance or material.

    "The water from the spring is pure and refreshing."
  2. 2

    Free from any contamination or pollutants.

    "She prefers pure ingredients in her cooking."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Middle English 'pur', stemming from Old French 'pur', and ultimately from the Latin 'purus', meaning clean, unmixed, or chaste. Over centuries, the term has evolved from primarily describing physical cleanliness and moral integrity to encompassing unadulterated chemical states and conceptual perfection.

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