"pristine" meaning in English

See pristine in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈpɹɪstiːn/, /pɹɪsˈtiːn/, /pɹɪsˈtaɪn/ Audio: en-us-pristine.ogg [US] Forms: more pristine [comparative], most pristine [superlative]
Rhymes: -iːn, -aɪn Etymology: From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|pristin}} Middle French pristin, {{der|en|la|prīstinus}} Latin prīstinus Head templates: {{en-adj}} pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)
  1. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied. Translations (unspoiled): təmiz (Azerbaijani), pak (Azerbaijani), девствен (devstven) (Bulgarian), недокоснат (nedokosnat) (Bulgarian), primitiu (Catalan), primer (Catalan), pristí (Catalan), čistý [masculine] (Czech), nezkažený [masculine] (Czech), panenský [masculine] (Czech), neposkvrněný (Czech), nedotčený [masculine] (Czech), ongerept (Dutch), oorspronkelijk (Dutch), onaangeroerd (Dutch), antaua (Esperanto), primitiva (Esperanto), tahraton (Finnish), koskematon (Finnish), turmeltumaton (Finnish), virginal (French), immaculé (French), parfait (French), prístino (Galician), unberührt (German), jungfräulich (German), makellos (German), αγνός (agnós) (Greek), παρθένος (parthénos) (Greek), óspilltur (Icelandic), ósnortinn (Icelandic), óskemmdur (Icelandic), pristine (Interlingua), incontaminato (Italian), pristino (Italian), puro (Italian), intonso (Italian), tikitū (Maori), toitū (Maori), urutapu (Maori), urørt (Norwegian Bokmål), ufordervet (Norwegian Bokmål), jomfruelig (Norwegian Bokmål), dziewiczy, nietknięty (Polish), nieskażony (Polish), virgem (Portuguese), pristino (Portuguese), imaculado (Portuguese), virgin (Romanian), чи́стый (čístyj) (Russian), нетро́нутый (netrónutyj) (Russian), неиспо́рченный (neispórčennyj) (Russian), де́вственный (dévstvennyj) (Russian), glan (Scottish Gaelic), virgen (Spanish), prístino (deprecated by the RAE) (Spanish), ofördärvad (Swedish), ursprunglig (Swedish), bakir (Turkish), cyntefig (Welsh), gwyryfol (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-pristine-en-adj-het~qJCi Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 13 1 33 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 66 14 1 20 Disambiguation of 'unspoiled': 98 2 0
  2. Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something. Translations (pertaining to the earliest state of something): първичен (pǎrvičen) (Bulgarian), примитивен (primitiven) (Bulgarian), pristí (Catalan), 原始的 (yuánshǐ de) (Chinese Mandarin), prapůvodní (Czech), prastarý [masculine] (Czech), prvotní (Czech), primitif (French), antique (French), d’origine (French), prístino (Galician), ursprünglich (German), αρχαίος (archaíos) [masculine] (Greek), πρωτόγονος (protógonos) [masculine] (Greek), upprunalegur (Icelandic), upphaflegur (Icelandic), cianaosta (Irish), pristinus (Latin), opprinnelig (Norwegian Bokmål), opphavelig (Norwegian Bokmål), pierwotny (Polish), prisco (Portuguese), primitivo (Portuguese), antigo (Portuguese), изнача́льный (iznačálʹnyj) (Russian), первонача́льный (pervonačálʹnyj) (Russian), первобы́тный (pervobýtnyj) (english: primeval) (Russian), prístino (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-pristine-en-adj-Q1KvJKFI Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the earliest state of something': 3 97 0
  3. Perfect.
    Sense id: en-pristine-en-adj-sSnfG1oN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: pristinely
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Forms: more pristine [comparative], most pristine [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From Ancient Greek πρίστης (prístēs, “a saw, one that saws”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|πρίστης||a saw, one that saws}} Ancient Greek πρίστης (prístēs, “a saw, one that saws”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)
  1. Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
    Sense id: en-pristine-en-adj-vESDzC0i
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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          "word": "ongerept"
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "antaua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "primitiva"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "tahraton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "koskematon"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "turmeltumaton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "virginal"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "immaculé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
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          "word": "parfait"
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
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          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "prístino"
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "unberührt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "jungfräulich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "makellos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "agnós",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "αγνός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parthénos",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "παρθένος"
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        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "óspilltur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "ósnortinn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "óskemmdur"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ia",
          "lang": "Interlingua",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "pristine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "incontaminato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "pristino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "puro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "intonso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "tikitū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "toitū"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "urutapu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "urørt"
        },
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          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "ufordervet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "jomfruelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "dziewiczy, nietknięty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "nieskażony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "virgem"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "pristino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "imaculado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "virgin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čístyj",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "чи́стый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "netrónutyj",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "нетро́нутый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "neispórčennyj",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "неиспо́рченный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dévstvennyj",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "де́вственный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "glan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "virgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "prístino (deprecated by the RAE)"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "ofördärvad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "ursprunglig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "bakir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "cyntefig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2 0",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "unspoiled",
          "word": "gwyryfol"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pǎrvičen",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "първичен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "primitiven",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "примитивен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "pristí"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuánshǐ de",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "原始的"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "prapůvodní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "prastarý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "prvotní"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "primitif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "antique"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "d’origine"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "prístino"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "ursprünglich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "archaíos",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αρχαίος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "protógonos",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "πρωτόγονος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "upprunalegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "upphaflegur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "cianaosta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "pristinus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "opprinnelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "opphavelig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "pierwotny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "prisco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "primitivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "antigo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "iznačálʹnyj",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "изнача́льный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
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          "word": "первонача́льный"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "pervobýtnyj",
          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
          "word": "первобы́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97 0",
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          "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
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        }
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    },
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        "Perfect."
      ],
      "id": "en-pristine-en-adj-sSnfG1oN",
      "links": [
        [
          "Perfect",
          "perfect"
        ]
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɪstiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪsˈtiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪsˈtaɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    },
    {
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    },
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}

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        "4": "",
        "5": "a saw, one that saws"
      },
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      "name": "uder"
    }
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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pristine",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pristine",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "text": "2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20120601194551/http://environment.gov.au/coasts/publications/pubs/freshwater-sawfish-northern-river-shark.pdf\nThis indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007)."
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    }
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}
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    "English terms derived from Middle French",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:English/aɪn",
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      "word": "pristinely"
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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  ],
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      "form": "more pristine",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
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  "pos": "adj",
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The beach back is in pristine condition after a council-led cleanup.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2020, The Acacia Strain (lyrics and music), “Solace and Serenity”",
          "text": "Fire fueled with gasoline / Life is beautiful, the world is pristine / We have been bound unseen / The walls of existence remain unclean",
          "type": "quotation"
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      "glosses": [
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈpɹɪstiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪsˈtiːn/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹɪsˈtaɪn/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːn"
    },
    {
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    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "təmiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "pak"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "devstven",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "девствен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nedokosnat",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "недокоснат"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "primitiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "primer"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "pristí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "čistý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nezkažený"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "panenský"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "neposkvrněný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nedotčený"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "ongerept"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "oorspronkelijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "onaangeroerd"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "antaua"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "primitiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "tahraton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "koskematon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "turmeltumaton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "virginal"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "immaculé"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "parfait"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "prístino"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "unberührt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "jungfräulich"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "makellos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "agnós",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "αγνός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parthénos",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "παρθένος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "óspilltur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "ósnortinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "óskemmdur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "pristine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "incontaminato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "pristino"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "puro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "intonso"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "tikitū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "toitū"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "urutapu"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "urørt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "ufordervet"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "jomfruelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "dziewiczy, nietknięty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "nieskażony"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "virgem"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "pristino"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "imaculado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "virgin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čístyj",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "чи́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "netrónutyj",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "нетро́нутый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "neispórčennyj",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "неиспо́рченный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dévstvennyj",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "де́вственный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "glan"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "virgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "prístino (deprecated by the RAE)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "ofördärvad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "ursprunglig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "bakir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "cyntefig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "unspoiled",
      "word": "gwyryfol"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎrvičen",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "първичен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "primitiven",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "примитивен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "pristí"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yuánshǐ de",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "原始的"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "prapůvodní"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "prastarý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "prvotní"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "primitif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "antique"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "d’origine"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "prístino"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "ursprünglich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "archaíos",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αρχαίος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "protógonos",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "πρωτόγονος"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "upprunalegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "upphaflegur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "cianaosta"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "pristinus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "opprinnelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "opphavelig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "pierwotny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "prisco"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "primitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "antigo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "iznačálʹnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "изнача́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervonačálʹnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "первонача́льный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "primeval",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pervobýtnyj",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "первобы́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pertaining to the earliest state of something",
      "word": "prístino"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pristine"
}

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    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English undefined derivations",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪn",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪn/2 syllables"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "πρίστης",
        "4": "",
        "5": "a saw, one that saws"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πρίστης (prístēs, “a saw, one that saws”)",
      "name": "uder"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek πρίστης (prístēs, “a saw, one that saws”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more pristine",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most pristine",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2008, J.M. Whitty, N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn & S.C. Peverell, Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia https://web.archive.org/web/20120601194551/http://environment.gov.au/coasts/publications/pubs/freshwater-sawfish-northern-river-shark.pdf\nThis indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of decline (e.g. Sandoval-Castillo et al. 2004, Keeney et al. 2005, Hoelzel et al. 2006, Stow et al. 2006, Lewallen et al. 2007)."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae."
      ],
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        [
          "sawfish",
          "sawfish"
        ],
        [
          "Pristidae",
          "Pristidae#Translingual"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pristine"
}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": virginal vs. dévstvennyj",
  "path": [
    "pristine"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "pristine",
  "trace": ""
}

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