pure laine

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

• IPA^(key): /pjʊɹ ˈleɪn/, /-ˈlɛn/

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

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

pure laine (plural pure laines)

1. (Canada) A pure laine Quebecer.

• pur et dur
• Québécois

• Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “pure laine”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

• pure laine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• epineural

• IPA^(key): /pyʁ lɛn/

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pure laine (invariable)

1. (Quebec, relational) of old stock Quebecois
2. (France) authentic

   Synonyms: pur jus, pur sucre

pure laine m or f by sense (plural pure laine or pures laines)

1. (Quebec) old stock Quebecois
2. (literally) pure wool

• pur et dur
• Québécois