purée

This is the 11242nd most frequent French word.


purée

Mashed or blended food, typically vegetables or fruits.


Here, 'purée' refers to 'mashed potatoes,' indicating a food dish made by crushing boiled potatoes.

J'ai préparé une purée de pommes de terre pour le dîner.

I prepared mashed potatoes for dinner.


In this sentence, 'purée' is used colloquially to describe a chaotic or messy situation, akin to clutter or pandemonium.

Quelle purée dehors avec cette pluie !

What a mess outside with this rain!


Here, 'purée' is a mild expression of surprise or amazement, used idiomatically as an exclamation.

Purée, c'est incroyable !

Wow, that's incredible!