puriste
French, noun/py.ʁist/
puriste is spelled P-U-R-I-S-T-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puriste is a French feminine noun meaning “purist” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Celui, celle qui affecte la pureté du langage et qui s’y attache trop scrupuleusement”.
What does puriste mean in English?
noun
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a un grand souci de la correction du langage, du style. 2. Qui a un souci de la pureté des mœurs.
noun: 1. Celui, celle qui affecte la pureté du langage et qui s’y attache trop scrupuleusement. 2. Celle ou celui qui prône le respect scrupuleux d'une règle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of puriste
- puristes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puriste?
- /py.ʁist/
- \py.ʁist\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to puriste
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is puriste in French?
puriste appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).