pristine

Syllables: pris·tine/ˈpɹɪstiːn/

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uncommon/pɹɪsˈtaɪn/

pristine adjective: unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.

Adjective (1)

pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
- The beach back is in pristine condition after a council-led cleanup.
- Fire fueled with gasoline
  Life is beautiful, the world is pristine
  We have been bound unseen
  The walls of existence remain unclean2020, “Solace and Serenity”, in Slow Decay (Metalcore, Deathcore), performed by The Acacia Strain, United States: Rise Records, →OCLC
Synonyms:

immaculate, spotless, unsullied, unspoiled, pure, untouched

Antonyms:

corrupted, tainted, dirty, polluted, spoiled
Primitive, pertaining to the earliest state of something.
- Thus fable reports that the fair Grimalkin, whom Venus, at the desire of a passionate lover, converted from a cat into a fine woman, no sooner perceived a mouse than, mindful of her former sport, and still retaining her pristine nature, she leaped from the bed of her husband to pursue the little...1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
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Adjective (2)

pristine (comparative more pristine, superlative most pristine)

Relating to sawfishes of the family Pristidae.
- This indicates that the present levels of genetic diversity in P. microdon are not unusually low, although the amount of diversity to be expected in pristine populations of coastal species of elasmobranch remains elusive because all populations investigated to date have suffered some degree of...2008, J.M. Whitty with N.M. Phillips, D.L. Morgan, J.A. Chaplin, D.C. Thorburn, and S.C. Peverell, “Habitat associations of Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon)and Northern River Sharks (Glyphis sp....

pristine meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

pristine in Urdu

سابق

pristine in Bengali

আদিম, খাঁটি

pristine in Malayalam

ആദ്യകാലത്തെ, പൂർവ്വകാലത്തെ, പ്രാചീനമായ, ആദിമൂലമായ

pristine in Kannada

ಮೊದಲಿನ, ಹಿಂದಿನ, ಕೆಡದಿರುವ, ಮೂಲರೂಪದಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ಶುದ್ಧರೂಪದ, ಹೊಸದರಂತಿರುವ

Examples of pristine in a sentence

The albinoid tiger's fur was a pristine white.
How do you think the cane toads got into this pristine environment?
On such a view, the despoilment of pristine wilderness is the loss of something intrinsically good.

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Forms of pristine

comparative	more pristine
superlative	most pristine

Origin of pristine

From Middle French pristin, borrowed from Latin prīstinus.

From Ancient Greek πρίστις (prístis, “saw, sawfish”).

Words formed from pristine

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Questions about pristine

What does pristine mean?: Pristine means unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied.
What is pristine in Urdu?: Pristine in Urdu is سابق. See Pristine meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is pristine?: Pristine is an adjective.
How do you pronounce pristine?: Pristine is pronounced /ˈpɹɪstiːn/.

Words near pristine in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: pristine (page history and authors); pristine (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pristine (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pristine (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pristine (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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