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Tyrian purple en · ADJ
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of a deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
Relateds
Stramonita haemastoma · Bolinus brandaris · Tyrian dye · Hexaplex trunculus · Tyre
Translations (6)
el πορφυρός (colour) · it porpora (colour) · grc τύρινος (colour) · ro purpuriu (colour) · pl purpurowy (colour) · sq purpurt (colour)
Tyrian purple en · NOUN
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) A deep purple dyestuff obtained from the bodies of mollusks of certain species of the family Muricidae, originally certain of those of the eastern Mediterranean, now also other species from elsewhere.
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(countable, uncountable) A deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.
Forms
Translations (15)
ro purpură (colour) · pl purpura (dye) · ja ティルス紫 (dye) · ro purpură (dye) · ja 貝紫 (dye) · it porpora (colour) · pl purpura (colour) · he אַרְגָּמָן (dye) · ja 貝紫色 (colour) · it porpora (dye) · el πορφύρα (dye) · el πορφύρα (colour) · sq purpur (dye) · sq purpur (colour) · ru пу́рпур (dye)