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purpure en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /pɚˈpjʊɹ/
• (US) audio
• /pəˈpjʊə/

Etymology

From Middle English purpure, from Old English purpure and Old French purpure (“purple”); both from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpura.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In blazon, of the colour purple.

Deriveds

purpurescent · purpuraceous · purpurize

Translations (16)

ru пу́рпурный (in blazon, of the colour purple) · mk пурпурен (in blazon, of the colour purple) · fi purppura (in blazon, of the colour purple) · es púrpura (in blazon, of the colour purple) · pl purpurowy (in blazon, of the colour purple) · sh grimizna (in blazon, of the colour purple) · pt púrpura (in blazon, of the colour purple) · de purpur (in blazon, of the colour purple) · ro purpuriu (in blazon, of the colour purple) · sv purpur (in blazon, of the colour purple) · sh гримизна (in blazon, of the colour purple) · it porpora (in blazon, of the colour purple) · da purpur (in blazon, of the colour purple) · hu bíbor (in blazon, of the colour purple) · nl purper (in blazon, of the colour purple) · fr pourpre (in blazon, of the colour purple)

purpure en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /pɚˈpjʊɹ/
• (US) audio
• /pəˈpjʊə/

Etymology

From Middle English purpure, from Old English purpure and Old French purpure (“purple”); both from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpura.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
   • Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture. 1997, Brault, Early Blazon:

Translations (15)

fi purppura (purple colour on a coat of arms) · it porpora (purple colour on a coat of arms) · mk пурпурна (purple colour on a coat of arms) · de Purpur (purple colour on a coat of arms) · sh grimizna (purple colour on a coat of arms) · ca porpra (purple colour on a coat of arms) · ro purpură (purple colour on a coat of arms) · pt púrpura (purple colour on a coat of arms) · ru пу́рпурный (purple colour on a coat of arms) · sv purpur (purple colour on a coat of arms) · fr pourpre (purple colour on a coat of arms) · sh гримизна (purple colour on a coat of arms) · es púrpura (purple colour on a coat of arms) · ro purpur (purple colour on a coat of arms) · nl purper (purple colour on a coat of arms)