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— English words —

• purlieu n. (Historical) The ground on the edges of a forest, especially when partly subject to the same forest…
• purlieu n. The outskirts of any place; an adjacent district; the environs or neighborhood.

— English words, defined in French —

• purlieu n. (Histoire) Terres retirées du domaine des forêts royales qui donnait le droit de chasse à son propriétaire.
• purlieu n. Un terrain voisin, une périphérie proche.
• purlieu n. Un lieu fréquenté, ou hanté.
• purlieu n. (Rare) Un terrain pauvre et misérable.

21 English words from 2 English definitions

adjacent any district edges environs especially forest ground Historical neighborhood of␣a on␣the outskirts partly place same subject the the␣same to␣the when

9 English words from 4 foreign definitions

chasse des domaine droit lieu Rare royales son terrain

15 foreign words from 4 foreign definitions

donnait forêts fréquenté hanté Histoire misérable pauvre périphérie proche propriétaire qui retirées Terres une voisin

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

purlieus purlieux purlieuman purlieumen

10 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

lie Lie LIE -lie lieu Lieu pur PUR purl URL

3 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

EIL ILR RUP

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

pourlieu purlicue purlieus purlieux

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Luperi purile rile␣up

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

pourlieu

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