Meaning

4 senses
  1. A small bag for carrying money.

    Geldbörse, Geldbeutel, Börse

    кошелёкkošeljók, портмоне́portmonɛ́, мошна́mošná

    гамане́цьhamanécʹ, портмоне́portmoné, су́мочкаsúmočka

    a small bag for carrying money

  2. (US)A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items)

    a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women)

  3. A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.

    казна́kazná, де́ньгиdénʹgi

  4. (historical)A specific sum of money in certain countries: formerly 500 piastres in Turkey or 50 tomans in Persia.

    a sum of money offered as a prize

Examples

373 sentences
  1. Mary left her purse at home.

    Мері лишила сумочку вдома. — deniko

    ruМэри оставила сумочку дома. — marafon

  2. I seem to have lost my purse.

    Здається, я загубив свій гаманець. — anastasishko

    ruКажется, я потерял кошелек. — sharptoothed

    deIch scheine meine Handtasche verloren zu haben. — mayabe

  3. Mary left her purse in her car.

    Мері залишила свою сумочку в машині. — deniko

    ruМэри оставила свою сумочку в машине. — LanguagesLover

  4. Mary threw her purse on the bed.

    Мері кинула свою сумочку на ліжко. — deniko

    ruМэри бросила сумочку на кровать. — marafon

    deMaria warf ihre Handtasche aufs Bett. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  5. Mary forgot her purse in her car.

    Мері забула свою сумочку в машині. — deniko

    ruМэри забыла свой кошелёк в машине. — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
small bag for carrying money:
small bag for carrying personal items:
Русский
By meaning 3
small bag for carrying money:
small bag for carrying personal items:
quantity of money:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
small bag for carrying money:
small bag for carrying personal items:

Origin

From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag,

From Middle English purs, from Old English purs (“purse”), partly from pusa (“wallet, bag, scrip”) and partly from burse (“pouch, bag”).

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Forms

plural: purses
Singularpurse
Pluralpurses

regular

Synonyms

8 synonyms
small bag used by women:handbagA2
quantity of money:grantB1bursaryfunds
small bag for carrying money:pocketbookcoin pursechange purse
Close in meaning
  • a container used for carrying money and small personal items or accessories (especially by women):baghandbagpocketbook

Word family

44 related words

Collocations

5 patterns
  • her purse and
  • of her purse
  • in her purse
  • lost my purse
  • purse on the

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
purse — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto