pure laine

/pjʊɹ ˈleɪn//-ˈlɛn/

adjective

Of or pertaining to francophone Quebecers of "pure" French ancestry, descended from settlers in New France.

OriginFrench pure laine →
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivepure laine (comparative more pure laine, superlative most pure laine)

comparative more pure laine · superlative most pure laine

  1. CanadaOf or pertaining to francophone Quebecers of "pure" French ancestry, descended from settlers in New France.
nounpure laine (plural pure laines)

plural pure laines

  1. CanadaA pure laine Quebecer.

Origin

  1. Frenchpure laine
  2. Englishpure laine

From French pure laine (literally “pure wool”).

More words from French

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

pure laine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pure%20laine

MLA

“pure laine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pure%20laine. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pure laine,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pure%20laine.

Source: pure laine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.