puer
/ˈpju.ɚ/noun
puer is a noun meaning “Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-U-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of puer is puers.
What does puer mean?
noun
- 1
Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
- 2
Alternative form of pu'er.
- 3
Ellipsis of puer aeternus.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce puer?
- US /ˈpju.ɚ/
- UK /ˈpjuː.ə/
- UK /ˈpjʊə/
As a noun (“Alternative form of pu'er”): /ˈpʊəɹ/, /ˈpu.əɹ/.
As a noun (“Ellipsis of puer aeternus”): /ˈpu.ɛɹ/.
Puer has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-puer.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of puer
- puers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is puer?
Puer appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does puer come from?
Perhaps from French puer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).