Purse - Wiktionary

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”).

Old English pusa comes from Proto-West Germanic *pusō, from Proto-Germanic *pusô (“bag, sack, scrip”), and is cognate with Old High German pfoso (“pouch, purse”), Low German pūse (“purse, bag”), Old Norse posi (“purse, bag”), Danish pose (“purse, bag”), Dutch beurs (“purse, bag”). Old English burse comes from Medieval Latin bursa (“leather bag”) (compare English bursar), from Ancient Greek βύρσα (búrsa, “hide, wine-skin”).

Compare also Old French borse (French bourse), Old Saxon bursa (“bag”), Old High German burissa (“wallet”).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːs/
• (General American) IPA(key): /pɜɹs/

• Audio (General American):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s
• Homophone: perse

Noun

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purse (plural purses)

1. A small bag for carrying money.
   • 1550, Steuen Mierdman, The market or fayre of usurers:And then muſt many a man occupie as farre as his purſe would reache, and ſtretche out his legges accordynge to the length of his couerlet.
2. (US) A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)
   • 1987 August 15, Robert Benitez, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 14:Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers. Good enough to carve fantst art and portraits into leather.
3. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
   • 1922 February, James Joyce, “[[Episode 12: The Cyclops]]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:It was a historic and a hefty battle when Myler and Percy were scheduled to don the gloves for the purse of fifty sovereigns.
4. (historical) A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.

Synonyms

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• (small bag for carrying money): pocketbook; coin purse, change purse (especially US)
• (small bag used by women): handbag (especially UK)
• (quantity of money): bursary, grant, funds

Derived terms

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• beggar's purse
• belt purse
• change purse
• coin purse
• common purse
• cut one's cloth to suit one's purse
• cut-purse
• cutpurse
• devil's purse
• dispurse
• empty as a pauper's purse
• finger purse
• gaming purse
• hold the purse strings
• jail purse
• king's purse
• lighten someone's purse
• long purse
• loosen the purse strings
• make a silk purse of a sow's ear, you can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear
• manpurse
• man purse
• mermaid's purse
• murse
• pickpurse, pick-purse
• power of the purse
• prison purse
• Privy Purse
• public purse
• purse-bearer
• purse crab
• purseful
• purseless
• purselike
• pursemaker
• pursemaking
• purse net
• purse-pride
• purse-proud
• purse puppy
• purser
• purse seine
• purse snatcher
• purse snatching
• pursestring, purse string
• purseweb spider
• sea-purse, sea purse
• shepherd's purse
• Sutton Hoo purse-lid
• tighten the purse strings

Related terms

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• bursa, bursar, bursary
• reimburse

Translations

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Afrikaans: beursie Albanian: punjashe (sq) f, kuletë (sq) f Arabic: جِزْدَان m (jizdān), مِحْفَظَة f (miḥfaẓa) Armenian: քսակ (hy) (kʻsak), դրամապանակ (hy) (dramapanak) Azerbaijani: pul kisəsi, portmonat, cüzdan (az) Belarusian: кашалёк m (kašaljók), партманэ́т m (partmanét) Bengali: পার্স (parśo) Breton: yalc'h (br) f Bulgarian: портмоне́ n (portmoné), кеси́я (bg) f (kesíja), портфе́йл m (portféjl) Burmese: ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် (puikhcam-it) Catalan: moneder (ca) m Chinese: Cantonese: 銀包 / 银包 (ngan4 baau1) Mandarin: 錢包 / 钱包 (zh) (qiánbāo), 錢袋 / 钱袋 (zh) (qiándài) Czech: peněženka (cs) f, měšec m Danish: pengepung (da) c, pung (da) c Dutch: handtas (nl) f Esperanto: monujo, burso Estonian: rahakott (et), kukkur Faroese: pungur m, pengapungur m Finnish: rahapussi (fi), kukkaro (fi), rahakukkaro (fi) French: bourse (fr) f, portemonnaie (fr) f, portefeuille (fr) m Georgian: საფულე (sapule), ქისა (ka) (kisa) German: Geldbörse (de) f, Geldbeutel (de) m, Börse (de) f, Beutel (de) m, Portemonnaie (de) n Greek: πορτοφόλι (el) n (portofóli) Ancient Greek: βαλλάντιον n (ballántion) Hebrew: אַרְנָק (he) m (arnák) Hindi: पर्स m (pars), बटुआ (hi) m (baṭuā) Hungarian: erszény (hu), (női) pénztárca (literally “woman's wallet”) Ido: burso (io) Indonesian: dompet (id) Ingrian: kukkoro Irish: sparán m, mála (ga) m Italian: portafoglio (it) m, borsa (it) f, borsellino (it) m Japanese: 財布 (ja) (さいふ, saifu), パース (ja) (pāsu), 札入れ (ja) (さついれ, satsuire) Kazakh: әмиян (ämiän), шилан (şilan) (dialectal) Khmer: កាបូប (km) (kaaboup), ការបូប (kaaboup) Korean: 지갑(紙匣) (ko) (jigap) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: cizdan (ku) Kyrgyz: намыян (namıyan), капчык (kapcık) Lao: ກະເປົາໃສ່ເງິນ (ka pao sai ngœn), ກະເປົາ (lo) (ka pao) Latin: crumēna f Latvian: maks m Lithuanian: piniginė f Macedonian: паричник m (paričnik), кесе n (kese), портмоне́ n (portmoné) Malay: dompet Maori: pāhi Mbya Guarani: voxa Mongolian: Cyrillic: түрийвч (mn) (türiivč), хэтэвч (mn) (xetevč) Nepali: थैली (thailī), पर्स (pars) Norwegian: pung, pengepung Occitan: pòrtamoneda (oc) m Odia: ଗାଞ୍ଜିଆ (or) (gāñjiā) Ottoman Turkish: بدره (bedre) Persian: Dari: بَکْسَکِ پیسَه (baksak-i pēsa) Iranian Persian: کیفِ پول (kif-e pul), هَمْیان (hamyân) (dated) Middle Persian: paywāsag Plautdietsch: Tausch f, Jelttausch f Polish: portmonetka (pl) f, portfel (pl) m Portuguese: moedeiro m Romanian: pungă (ro) f, portmoneu (ro) n, portofel (ro) n Russian: кошелёк (ru) m (košeljók), портмоне́ (ru) n (portmonɛ́), мошна́ (ru) f (mošná) (archaic), бума́жник (ru) m (bumážnik) (wallet) Scottish Gaelic: sporan m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: новча̀нӣк m, но̀вча̄рка f, ке̏са f Roman: novčànīk (sh) m, nòvčārka (sh) f, kȅsa (sh) f Seychellois Creole: portmonnen Slovak: peňaženka (sk) f Slovene: denarnica (sl) f Spanish: bolsa (es) f, monedero (es) m, cigarra (es) f Swahili: mfuko (sw) class 3/4 Swedish: portmonnä (sv) c Tagalog: lukbutan Tajik: ҳамён (hamyon) Thai: กระเป๋า (th) (grà-bpǎo) Turkish: cüzdan (tr), portföy (tr) Turkmen: gapjyk Ukrainian: гамане́ць m (hamanécʹ), портмоне́ n (portmoné) Urdu: پَرْس m (pars), بَٹْوَا m (baṭvā) Uyghur: ھەميان (hemyan) Uzbek: hamyon (uz), karmon (uz) Vietnamese: ví tiền, ví (vi), bóp (vi) White Hmong: hnab rau nyiaj Yiddish: טײַסטער m (tayster) Zazaki: cızdan, kisik Zhuang: ngaenzbau

small bag for carrying personal items

Afrikaans: handsak Albanian: punjashe (sq) f, Belarusian: су́мачка f (súmačka), то́рбачка f (tórbačka) Bulgarian: да́мска ча́нта f (dámska čánta) Chinese: Mandarin: 手提包 (zh) (shǒutíbāo) Czech: kabelka (cs) f Danish: håndtaske (da) c Dutch: handtas (nl) m or f Esperanto: mansako Estonian: käekott Finnish: käsilaukku (fi) French: sac à main (fr) m German: Handtasche (de) f Greek: τσαντάκι (el) n (tsantáki) Hungarian: erszény (hu), retikül (hu), ridikül (hu) Irish: mála (ga) m Italian: borsetta (it) f Macedonian: чанта f (čanta), ташна f (tašna) Maori: pāhi, puhera Norwegian: Bokmål: håndveske m or f Persian: Iranian Persian: چَنْتِه (čante) Polish: torebka (pl) f Portuguese: bolsa (pt) f Romanian: poșetă (ro) f, geantă (ro) f Russian: су́мка (ru) f (súmka), су́мочка (ru) f (súmočka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: то́рба f, то̀рбица f Roman: tórba (sh) f, tòrbica (sh) f Slovak: kabelka f Slovene: torbica f Spanish: bolsa (es) f (Mexico), bolso (es) m (Spain), bulto (es) m (Southeastern Mexico), cartera (es) f (Latin America), zacuto m (Spain) Swedish: handväska (sv) c Tagalog: lukbutan Turkish: el çantası Ukrainian: су́мочка f (súmočka), то́рбочка f (tórbočka), торби́нка f (torbýnka) Uzbek: sumka (uz)

quantity of money

Bulgarian: сре́дства (bg) n pl (srédstva) Finnish: määräraha (fi), budjetti (fi) French: bourse (fr) f Hungarian: pénztárca (hu), anyagi keretek/lehetőségek Italian: borsa (it) f Latin: crumēna f Polish: fundusze nvir pl, zasoby finansowe nvir pl, kabza (pl) f Portuguese: fundo (pt) m Russian: казна́ (ru) f (kazná), де́ньги (ru) f pl (dénʹgi) Spanish: bolsa (es) f

See also

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• wallet

Verb

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purse (third-person singular simple present purses, present participle pursing, simple past and past participle pursed)

1. (transitive) To press (one's lips) in and together so that they protrude.
   • 1901, Matilde Serao, The Land of Cockayne, translator not credited, London: Heinemann, Chapter IV, p. 72, [1] The serving Sister pursed up her lips to remind him of the cloistral rule, almost as if she wanted to prevent any conversation between him and the nun.
   • 1916, Leonid Andreyev, "An Original" in The Little Angel and Other Stories, translated by W. H. Lowe, New York: Alfred Knopf, p. 85, [2] Anton Ivanovich pursed up his lower lip so that his grey moustache pressed against the tip of his red pitted nose, took in all the officials with his rounded eyes, and after an unavoidable pause emitted a fat unctuous laugh.
   • 1979, Monty Python, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life:When you're feeling in the dumpsDon't be silly chumpsJust purse your lips and whistle – that's the thing.
   • 2002, R.M.W. Dixon, chapter 9, in Australian Languages: Their Nature and Development, Cambridge University Press, published 2004, page 403:[…] Yidinj has just one prefix dja:- 'in the direction of' […]. There is a noun djawa 'mouth' in a number of neighbouring languages […] and it is likely that this developed into the prefix dja:-. The semantic motivation would be the fact that Aborigines typically indicate direction by pointing with pursed lips (in circumstances where Europeans would extend a hand or index finger).
2. To draw up or contract into folds or wrinkles; to pucker; to knit.
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], lines 1756-9:[…] thou […] didst contract and purse thy brow together, / As if thou then hadst shut up in thy brain / Some horrible conceit: […]
   • 1888–1891, Herman Melville, “[Billy Budd, Foretopman.] Chapter XIII.”, in Billy Budd and Other Stories, London: John Lehmann, published 1951, →OCLC:Upon hearing Billy's version, the sage Dansker seemed to divine more than he was told; and after a little meditation during which his wrinkles were pursed as into a point, quite effacing for the time that quizzing expression his face sometimes wore, "Didn't I say so, Baby Budd?"
3. To put into a purse.
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], line 502:And I will go and purse the ducats straight,
4. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To steal purses; to rob.
   • 1647–1679, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Scornful Lady”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1647, →OCLC, Act I, scene i:Why I'll purse; if that raise me not, I'll bet at bowling alleys, or man whores: I would fain live by others.

Synonyms

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• pucker

Derived terms

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• pursy
• unpurse

Translations

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Bulgarian: свивам (bg) (svivam) Chinese: Mandarin: 抿嘴 (zh) (mǐnzuǐ) Finnish: suipistaa, mutristaa (fi) German: schürzen (de) Hungarian: csücsörít (hu), csucsorít (hu) Irish: crap Maori: whakamito Polish: zaciskać (pl) impf, zacisnąć (pl) pf, ściągać (pl) impf, ściągnąć (pl) pf Russian: поджима́ть (ru) (podžimátʹ), подбира́ть (ru) (podbirátʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Roman: napućiti, naškubiti Slovene: našobiti Spanish: fruncir (es) Swedish: snörpa (sv)

to pucker

Bulgarian: набръчквам (bg) (nabrǎčkvam) Maori: pōtete Polish: wydymać (pl) impf, wydąć pf, odymać impf, odąć pf Russian: мо́рщить (ru) (mórščitʹ) Swedish: snörpa (sv)

Anagrams

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• sprue, Rupes, Pre-Us, re-ups, pures, super, Super, Prues, super-, reups, rupes, puers

Estonian

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Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈpurse/

Noun

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purse (genitive purske, partitive purset)

1. outburst
2. eruption
3. explosion
4. spurt, gush

Declension

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Declension of purse (ÕS type 6/mõte, k-ø gradation)
singular	plural
nominative		purse	pursked
accusative	nom.
	gen.	purske
genitive			pursete
partitive		purset	purskeid
illative		purskesse	pursetessepurskeisse
inessive		purskes	pursetespurskeis
elative		purskest	pursetestpurskeist
allative		purskele	pursetelepurskeile
adessive		purskel	pursetelpurskeil
ablative		purskelt	purseteltpurskeilt
translative		purskeks	pursetekspurskeiks
terminative		purskeni	purseteni
essive		purskena	pursetena
abessive		pursketa	purseteta
comitative		purskega	pursetega

Derived terms

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• seemnepurse

Finnish

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Etymology

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pursua +‎ -e

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈpurseˣ/, [ˈpurs̠e̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -urse
• Syllabification(key): pur‧se
• Hyphenation(key): pur‧se

Noun

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purse

1. excess material that gushes or bursts out, such as plaster from under a brick
2. (metallurgy) flash (material left around the edge of a moulded part at the parting line of the mould)

Declension

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Inflection of purse (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)
nominative		purse	purseet
genitive		purseen	purseidenpurseitten
partitive		pursetta	purseita
illative		purseeseen	purseisiinpurseihin
singular	plural
nominative		purse	purseet
accusative	nom.	purse	purseet
	gen.	purseen
genitive		purseen	purseidenpurseitten
partitive		pursetta	purseita
inessive		purseessa	purseissa
elative		purseesta	purseista
illative		purseeseen	purseisiinpurseihin
adessive		purseella	purseilla
ablative		purseelta	purseilta
allative		purseelle	purseille
essive		purseena	purseina
translative		purseeksi	purseiksi
abessive		purseetta	purseitta
instructive		—	pursein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of purse (Kotus type 48/hame, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative purseeni purseeni accusative nom. purseeni purseeni gen. purseeni genitive purseeni purseidenipurseitteni partitive pursettani purseitani inessive purseessani purseissani elative purseestani purseistani illative purseeseeni purseisiinipurseihini adessive purseellani purseillani ablative purseeltani purseiltani allative purseelleni purseilleni essive purseenani purseinani translative purseekseni purseikseni abessive purseettani purseittani instructive — — comitative — purseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative purseesi purseesi accusative nom. purseesi purseesi gen. purseesi genitive purseesi purseidesipurseittesi partitive pursettasi purseitasi inessive purseessasi purseissasi elative purseestasi purseistasi illative purseeseesi purseisiisipurseihisi adessive purseellasi purseillasi ablative purseeltasi purseiltasi allative purseellesi purseillesi essive purseenasi purseinasi translative purseeksesi purseiksesi abessive purseettasi purseittasi instructive — — comitative — purseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative purseemme purseemme accusative nom. purseemme purseemme gen. purseemme genitive purseemme purseidemmepurseittemme partitive pursettamme purseitamme inessive purseessamme purseissamme elative purseestamme purseistamme illative purseeseemme purseisiimmepurseihimme adessive purseellamme purseillamme ablative purseeltamme purseiltamme allative purseellemme purseillemme essive purseenamme purseinamme translative purseeksemme purseiksemme abessive purseettamme purseittamme instructive — — comitative — purseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative purseenne purseenne accusative nom. purseenne purseenne gen. purseenne genitive purseenne purseidennepurseittenne partitive pursettanne purseitanne inessive purseessanne purseissanne elative purseestanne purseistanne illative purseeseenne purseisiinnepurseihinne adessive purseellanne purseillanne ablative purseeltanne purseiltanne allative purseellenne purseillenne essive purseenanne purseinanne translative purseeksenne purseiksenne abessive purseettanne purseittanne instructive — — comitative — purseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative purseensa purseensa accusative nom. purseensa purseensa gen. purseensa genitive purseensa purseidensapurseittensa partitive pursettaanpursettansa purseitaanpurseitansa inessive purseessaanpurseessansa purseissaanpurseissansa elative purseestaanpurseestansa purseistaanpurseistansa illative purseeseensa purseisiinsapurseihinsa adessive purseellaanpurseellansa purseillaanpurseillansa ablative purseeltaanpurseeltansa purseiltaanpurseiltansa allative purseelleenpurseellensa purseilleenpurseillensa essive purseenaanpurseenansa purseinaanpurseinansa translative purseekseenpurseeksensa purseikseenpurseiksensa abessive purseettaanpurseettansa purseittaanpurseittansa instructive — — comitative — purseineenpurseinensa

Derived terms

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• laastipurse

Further reading

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• “purse”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Anagrams

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• persu, perus, perus-, super-