No. 11,242 in French

purée

Mashed or blended food, typically vegetables or fruits.

In a sentence

J'ai préparé une purée de pommes de terre pour le dîner.
I prepared mashed potatoes for dinner.
Here, 'purée' refers to 'mashed potatoes,' indicating a food dish made by crushing boiled potatoes.
Quelle purée dehors avec cette pluie !
What a mess outside with this rain!
In this sentence, 'purée' is used colloquially to describe a chaotic or messy situation, akin to clutter or pandemonium.
Purée, c'est incroyable !
Wow, that's incredible!
Here, 'purée' is a mild expression of surprise or amazement, used idiomatically as an exclamation.

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