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Puer is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 4 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Puer in a sentence

Related words

Puer | Puerto | Puerile | Puerta | Puerperal | Pueri | Puertas | Puertolas

Puer meaning

Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.

Using Puer

  • The main meaning on this page is: Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
  • In the example corpus, puer often appears in combinations such as: of puer, puer boy.

Context around Puer

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 4 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

youth 1×

Often after:

boy 2× tasmania 1× currit 1×

Sentence patterns with Puer

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a youth puer but as 1× articles so puer currit can 1× at point puer tasmania 1× form of puer boy 1× form of puer boy and 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

he now speaks 1× latin lacks both 1× prepositions can take 1× the ruins of 1×

Common sentence endings:

boy is running 1× of puer boy 1× point puer tasmania 1× vir of god 1×

Words around Puer

Just before it in the word index:

pueo 2 puente 33 puello 2 puelles 2 puel 19 puede 9

Just after it in the word index:

pueri 2 puerile 15 puerperal 7 puerta 15 puertas 2 puerto 1.206

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaaaand 6 aaah 6 aaargh 6 aacl 6 aadhi 6 aak 6

Corpus analysis for Puer

  • In this selection, "puer" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, youth, boy, tasmania and currit stand out and add context to how "puer" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a youth puer but as and articles so puer currit can. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "puer" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with puer

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

The ruins of cells at Point Puer, Tasmania. (8 words)

He now speaks of Benedict no longer as a youth (puer), but as a man (vir) of God. (18 words)

Latin lacks both definite and indefinite articles so puer currit can mean either "the boy is running" or "a boy is running". (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Prepositions can take two cases for their object: the accusative ("apud puerum" (with the boy), with "puerum" being the accusative form of "puer", boy) and the ablative ("sine puero" (without the boy), "puero" being the ablative form of "puer", boy). (40 words)

Latin lacks both definite and indefinite articles so puer currit can mean either "the boy is running" or "a boy is running". (22 words)

He now speaks of Benedict no longer as a youth (puer), but as a man (vir) of God. (18 words)

Example sentences (4)

Prepositions can take two cases for their object: the accusative ("apud puerum" (with the boy), with "puerum" being the accusative form of "puer", boy) and the ablative ("sine puero" (without the boy), "puero" being the ablative form of "puer", boy).

The ruins of cells at Point Puer, Tasmania.

He now speaks of Benedict no longer as a youth (puer), but as a man (vir) of God.

Latin lacks both definite and indefinite articles so puer currit can mean either "the boy is running" or "a boy is running".

Common combinations with puer

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "puer" in a sentence?
An example: "Prepositions can take two cases for their object: the accusative ("apud puerum" (with the boy), with "puerum" being the accusative form of "puer", boy) and the ablative ("sine puero" (without the boy), "puero" being the ablative form of "puer", boy)." This page contains 4 example sentences with the word "puer" from authentic English texts.
What does "puer" mean?
Puer means: Dung (of dogs, fowls, etc) used in tanning, after applying lime, to soften skins.
How many example sentences with "puer" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 4 example sentences with "puer", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.