Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Tyrian purple en · ADJ

Meanings

  1. (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

  1. (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.
  2. (countable, uncountable) A deep purple colour, tinted with red, like that of the dye.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
Tyrian purples Number=Plur lexicographic

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)