puriste

pyʁist

Definition

Definition of puriste - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masc/fem

languepersonne qui insiste trop sur la correction du langage

Ce puriste corrige sans cesse les fautes de grammaire.

règlespersonne qui défend strictement une règle ou doctrine

Il est un puriste de la cuisine traditionnelle française.

intransigeant

rigoriste

Adjective

puretéqui cherche à maintenir la pureté dans un domaine précis

Il a une approche puriste de la cuisine traditionnelle.

exigeant

intransigeant

purificateur

langagequi veut respecter parfaitement les règles du langage et du style

Cette professeure puriste corrige chaque faute de français.

pur

rigoriste

scrupuleux

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Origin of puriste

latin, purista (celui qui purifie)

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fransquillon

Belgique

belge flamand qui parle français de manière trop puriste

Examples of puriste in a sentence

Les puristes critiquent souvent les jeunes pour leur argot.
Ce puriste refuse toute modernisation de la langue.
Les puristes critiquent les emprunts étrangers.
Son style puriste refuse toute influence étrangère.
Cette école suit une méthode puriste en grammaire.
Un rédacteur puriste refuse les anglicismes.

Son style puriste plaît aux académiciens.

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English:purist, puristic, ...
German:Purist, puristisch, ...
Italian:purista, rigoroso, ...
Spanish:purista, riguroso, ...
Portuguese:purista, rigorista, ...
Chinese:语言洁癖者, 纯粹主义的, ...
Japanese:純粋主義者, 純粋主義の, ...
Arabic:مدقق لغوي متشدد, محافظ على النقاء, ...
Hebrew:טַהֲרָנִי, פּוּרִיסְטִי, ...
Russian:пурист, пуристский, ...
Ukrainian:пурист, пуристський, ...
Catalan:purista, ...
Danish:purist, puristisk, ...
Dutch:taalpurist, puristisch, ...
Greek:γλωσσαμύντορας, που διατηρεί την καθαρότητα, ...
Hungarian:nyelvi purista, tisztaságelvű, ...
Khmer:មនុស្សដែលតឹងរ៉ឹងហួសហេតុចំពោះការប្រើភាសាឲ្យត្រឹមត្រូវ, ប្រកាន់ភាពបរិសុទ្ធ, ...
Korean:순수주의자, 순수주의적인, ...
Polish:purysta, czystoszczęśliwy, ...
Portuguese (BR):purista, defensor da pureza, ...
Romanian:purist, intransigent, ...
Swedish:purist, puristisk, ...
Thai:นักอนุรักษ์ภาษา, เคร่งครัดในความบริสุทธิ์, ...
Turkish:dil kuralcısı, safiyetçi, ...
Vietnamese:người theo chủ nghĩa thuần túy, theo chủ nghĩa thuần khiết, ...

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