Complete Definition of "purple"

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English

Etymology
From Latin purpura

Pronunciation
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rhymes|��(r)p�l

Noun
en-noun

  1. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.

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Translations
trans-top|colour
Bosnian: ljubi�asta f, lila f
Breton: limestra
Cornish: purpur
Danish: lilla, violet
Dutch: purper, paars
Esperanto: purpuro, violkolora
Finnish: sinipunainen, purppura
French: violet#French|violet
Frisian: pears
German: purpur,lila,violett
Greek: μ�β (mov), ι�δε� (iódhes), ι���ο�ν (iókhrun), βιολε�ί (vyoletí), μαβί (maví), μενεξεδί (menexedhí), �ο����� (porfiró)
Ancient Greek: �ο����εο�, �ο����οῦ� (porphureos, porphurous)
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Hebrew: ס��� (Sagol)
Ido: violea
Indonesian: ungu
Irish: corcairghorm
Italian: porpora m
Japanese: 紫 (����, murasaki)
Kurdish: KUchar|��ر
Latin: purpura, ostrum
Latvian: purpurs m, lill� indecl, violets m
Norwegian: lilla, fiolett
Portuguese: roxo, púrpura
Romanian: purpuriu, mov, violet
Spanish: morado m, púrpura m
Swedish: lila, violett, gredelin (obsolete)
Turkish: mor, erguvani (purple-coloured)
Welsh: porffor, piws
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Adjective
en-adj

  1. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.

Translations
trans-top|colour
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Latvian: purpurs|purpura gen, lill� indecl, violets m
Novial: purpri
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trans-top|Democratic/Republican support
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Derived terms
top3
purple finch
purple gallinule
purple grackle
Purple Heart
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purple loosestrife
purple passage
purple patch
purple prose
purple state
mid3
purpleheart
royal purple
Tyrian purple
visual purple

See also
purpure
rhodopsin
secondary color
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

Category:Colors
Category:Purples

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