I had my purse and commutation ticket stolen while I was sleeping on the train.
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Purse
//pɜːs//
Synonyms for "purse" (126 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (37)
Related words (63)
incomekittyknitknotlife savingslollylootmeanmeansmoneymoney beltmoney clipmoneysnarrownest eggpecuniary resourcespelfpocketpokepool
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Noun(1 words)
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More general
10 entriesSynonyms
6 entriesRelated terms
5 entriesat location
11 entriescapable of
3 entriesderived
56 entriesShowing 16 of 56 words.
etymologically related_to
1 entrieshas a
1 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
8 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
used for
15 entriesTranslations
242 translations across 84 languages.
Afrikaans
2 entries- beursie noun (small bag for carrying money)
- handsak noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Albanian
3 entries- kuletë noun (small bag for carrying money)
- punjashe noun (small bag for carrying money)
- punjashe noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- βαλλάντιον noun (small bag for carrying money)
Arabic
4 entries- جَرَبَنْدِيَّة noun (small bag for carrying money)
- جُزْدَان noun (small bag for carrying money)
- جِزْدَان noun (small bag for carrying money)
- مِحْفَظَة noun (small bag for carrying money)
Armenian
2 entries- դրամապանակ noun (small bag for carrying money)
- քսակ noun (small bag for carrying money)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- cüzdan noun (small bag for carrying money)
- portmonat noun (small bag for carrying money)
- pul kisəsi noun (small bag for carrying money)
Belarusian
4 entries- кашалёк noun (small bag for carrying money)
- партманэ́т noun (small bag for carrying money)
- су́мачка noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- то́рбачка noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Bengali
1 entries- পার্স noun (small bag for carrying money)
Breton
1 entries- yalc'h noun (small bag for carrying money)
Bulgarian
4 entries- да́мска ча́нта noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- кеси́я noun (small bag for carrying money)
- портмоне́ noun (small bag for carrying money)
- портфе́йл noun (small bag for carrying money)
Burmese
1 entries- ပိုက်ဆံအိတ် noun (small bag for carrying money)
Catalan
1 entries- moneder noun (small bag for carrying money)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 銀包 /银包 noun (small bag for carrying money)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 手提包 noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- 錢包 /钱包 noun (small bag for carrying money)
- 錢袋 /钱袋 noun (small bag for carrying money)
- 抿嘴 verb (to press (the lips) together)
Czech
3 entries- kabelka noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- měšec noun (small bag for carrying money)
- peněženka noun (small bag for carrying money)
Danish
3 entries- håndtaske noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- pengepung noun (small bag for carrying money)
- pung noun (small bag for carrying money)
Dari
1 entries- بَکْسَکِ پیسَه noun (small bag for carrying money)
Dutch
2 entries- handtas noun (small bag for carrying money)
- handtas noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Esperanto
3 entries- burso noun (small bag for carrying money)
- mansako noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- monujo noun (small bag for carrying money)
Estonian
3 entries- kukkur noun (small bag for carrying money)
- käekott noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- rahakott noun (small bag for carrying money)
Faroese
2 entries- pengapungur noun (small bag for carrying money)
- pungur noun (small bag for carrying money)
Finnish
4 entries- budjetti noun (quantity of money)
- kukkaro noun (small bag for carrying money)
- käsilaukku noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- määräraha noun (quantity of money)
French
4 entries- bourse noun (small bag for carrying money)
- bourse noun (quantity of money)
- portefeuille noun (small bag for carrying money)
- portemonnaie noun (small bag for carrying money)
Georgian
2 entries- საფულე noun (small bag for carrying money)
- ქისა noun (small bag for carrying money)
German
4 entries- Beutel noun (small bag for carrying money)
- Börse noun (small bag for carrying money)
- Geldbeutel noun (small bag for carrying money)
- Geldbörse noun (small bag for carrying money)
Greek
2 entries- πορτοφόλι noun (small bag for carrying money)
- τσαντάκι noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Hebrew
1 entries- אַרְנָק noun (small bag for carrying money)
Hindi
2 entries- पर्स noun (small bag for carrying money)
- बटुआ noun (small bag for carrying money)
Hungarian
4 entries- (női) pénztárca noun (small bag for carrying money)
- anyagi keretek/lehetőségek noun (quantity of money)
- erszény noun (small bag for carrying money)
- erszény noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Ido
1 entries- burso noun (small bag for carrying money)
Indonesian
1 entries- dompet noun (small bag for carrying money)
Ingrian
1 entries- kukkoro noun (small bag for carrying money)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- هَمْیان noun (small bag for carrying money)
- چَنْتِه noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- کیفِ پول noun (small bag for carrying money)
Irish
4 entries- mála noun (small bag for carrying money)
- mála noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- sparán noun (small bag for carrying money)
- crap verb (to press (the lips) together)
Italian
4 entries- borsa noun (small bag for carrying money)
- borsa noun (quantity of money)
- borsellino noun (small bag for carrying money)
- borsetta noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Japanese
3 entries- パース noun (small bag for carrying money)
- 札入れ noun (small bag for carrying money)
- 財布 noun (small bag for carrying money)
Kazakh
2 entries- шилан noun (small bag for carrying money)
- әмиян noun (small bag for carrying money)
Khmer
2 entries- កាបូប noun (small bag for carrying money)
- ការបូប noun (small bag for carrying money)
Korean
1 entries- 지갑 noun (small bag for carrying money)
Kyrgyz
2 entries- капчык noun (small bag for carrying money)
- намыян noun (small bag for carrying money)
Lao
2 entries- ກະເປົາ noun (small bag for carrying money)
- ກະເປົາໃສ່ເງິນ noun (small bag for carrying money)
Latin
2 entries- crumēna noun (small bag for carrying money)
- crumēna noun (quantity of money)
Latvian
1 entries- maks noun (small bag for carrying money)
Lithuanian
1 entries- piniginė noun (small bag for carrying money)
Macedonian
4 entries- кесе noun (small bag for carrying money)
- паричник noun (small bag for carrying money)
- портмоне́ noun (small bag for carrying money)
- ташна noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Malay
1 entries- dompet noun (small bag for carrying money)
Middle Persian
1 entries- paywāsag noun (small bag for carrying money)
Mongolian
2 entries- түрийвч noun (small bag for carrying money)
- хэтэвч noun (small bag for carrying money)
Māori
4 entries- puhera noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- pāhi noun (small bag for carrying money)
- pāhi noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- pōtete verb (to pucker)
Nepali
2 entries- थैली noun (small bag for carrying money)
- पर्स noun (small bag for carrying money)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- cizdan noun (small bag for carrying money)
Norwegian Bokmål
3 entries- håndveske noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- pengepung noun (small bag for carrying money)
- pung noun (small bag for carrying money)
Occitan
1 entries- pòrtamoneda noun (small bag for carrying money)
Odia
1 entries- ଗାଞ୍ଜିଆ noun (small bag for carrying money)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- بدره noun (small bag for carrying money)
Plautdietsch
2 entries- Jelttausch noun (small bag for carrying money)
- Tausch noun (small bag for carrying money)
Polish
4 entries- fundusze noun (quantity of money)
- kabza noun (quantity of money)
- portfel noun (small bag for carrying money)
- portmonetka noun (small bag for carrying money)
Portuguese
3 entries- bolsa noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- fundo noun (quantity of money)
- moedeiro noun (small bag for carrying money)
Romanian
4 entries- geantă noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- portmoneu noun (small bag for carrying money)
- portofel noun (small bag for carrying money)
- poșetă noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Russian
4 entries- бума́жник noun (small bag for carrying money)
- де́ньги noun (quantity of money)
- казна́ noun (quantity of money)
- кошелёк noun (small bag for carrying money)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- sporan noun (small bag for carrying money)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- kȅsa noun (small bag for carrying money)
- novčànīk noun (small bag for carrying money)
- nòvčārka noun (small bag for carrying money)
- tòrbica noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Seychellois Creole
1 entries- portmonnen noun (small bag for carrying money)
Slovak
2 entries- kabelka noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- peňaženka noun (small bag for carrying money)
Slovene
3 entries- denarnica noun (small bag for carrying money)
- torbica noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- našobiti verb (to press (the lips) together)
Spanish
4 entries- bolsa noun (small bag for carrying money)
- bolsa noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- bolsa noun (quantity of money)
- bolso noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Swahili
1 entries- mfuko noun (small bag for carrying money)
Swedish
4 entries- handväska noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- portmonnä noun (small bag for carrying money)
- snörpa verb (to press (the lips) together)
- snörpa verb (to pucker)
Tagalog
2 entries- lukbutan noun (small bag for carrying money)
- lukbutan noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Tajik
1 entries- ҳамён noun (small bag for carrying money)
Tatar
1 entries- янчык noun (small bag for carrying money)
Thai
1 entries- กระเป๋า noun (small bag for carrying money)
Turkish
3 entries- cüzdan noun (small bag for carrying money)
- el çantası noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- portföy noun (small bag for carrying money)
Turkmen
1 entries- gapjyk noun (small bag for carrying money)
Ukrainian
4 entries- гамане́ць noun (small bag for carrying money)
- портмоне́ noun (small bag for carrying money)
- су́мочка noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- то́рбочка noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Unami
2 entries- mënutès noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
- èmsinutay noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Urdu
3 entries- بَٹْوَا noun (small bag for carrying money)
- بَٹْوَہ noun (small bag for carrying money)
- پَرْس noun (small bag for carrying money)
Uyghur
1 entries- ھەميان noun (small bag for carrying money)
Uzbek
3 entries- hamyon noun (small bag for carrying money)
- karmon noun (small bag for carrying money)
- sumka noun (small bag for carrying personal items)
Vietnamese
3 entries- bóp noun (small bag for carrying money)
- ví noun (small bag for carrying money)
- ví tiền noun (small bag for carrying money)
White Hmong
1 entries- hnab rau nyiaj noun (small bag for carrying money)
Yiddish
1 entries- טײַסטער noun (small bag for carrying money)
Zazaki
2 entries- cızdan noun (small bag for carrying money)
- kisik noun (small bag for carrying money)
Zhuang
1 entries- ngaenzbau noun (small bag for carrying money)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I lost my purse on my way to school.
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My wife holds the purse strings in our family.
Source: tatoeba (23578)
It was not until I reached home that I missed my purse.
Source: tatoeba (24206)
Showing 4 of 21 available sentences.
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.