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Purple - English meaning

Purple – definitions in English dictionary

noun

A colour intermediate between red and blue.

Usage examples:

The painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple
noun

A crimson dye obtained from some molluscs, formerly used for fabric worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient rome or byzantium.

Usage examples:

The region around tyre was well known in the ancient world for its purple dye (tyrian purple) made …
adjective

Of a colour intermediate between red and blue.

Usage examples:

A faded purple t-shirt
verb

Make or become purple in colour.

Usage examples:

Edmund's cheeks purpled
adjective

(of) the color that is a mixture of red and blue

Usage examples:

A purple dress, [ c ] the walls are a pale purple.

Purple translation into English

Purple: translate from English into Chinese

Translate purple into Chinese (Simplified)}
紫色的, 紫色, 紫, 绀

Purple: translate from English into Dutch

Translate purple into Dutch}
Purper, Purperen, Violet, Purperrood, Purperen mantel, Purperkleurig verven, Purper maken, Rood maken

Purple: translate from English into French

Translate purple into French}
Violet, Pourpre, Cramoisi, Devenir cramoisi

Purple: translate from English into German

Translate purple into German}
Violett, Lila, Purpurrot, Purpur, Dunkelrot, Hochrot, Hochtrabend, Hochgestochen

Purple: translate from English into Hindi

Translate purple into Hindi}
बैंगनी, बैंगनी रंग, जामुनी, नील लोहित रंग, नील लोहित रंग का, राजा का, राजकीय, सनसनीख़ेज़, नीललोहित

Purple: translate from English into Italian

Translate purple into Italian}
Viola, Porpora, Purpureo, Paonazzo, Nerastro

Purple: translate from English into Korean

Translate purple into Korean}
자주색, 자, 화려한, 왕권, 심훙색, 황제의 지위, 황제의 권력, 국왕 등의 지위, 국왕 등의 권력, 자줏빛의, 심훙색의, 제왕의, 자줏빛으로 하다, 자줏빛으로 되다

Purple: translate from English into Russian

Translate purple into Russian}
Пурпурный, Фиолетовый, Пурпур, Фиолетовый цвет, Пурпурный цвет, Багровый, Багрянец, Порфира, Багроветь, Пышный, Порфироносный, Царский, Изобилующий украшениями, Одеяние кардинала, Сан кардинала, Окрашивать в пурпурный цвет

Purple: translate from English into Spanish

Translate purple into Spanish}
Violeta, Púrpura, Morado, Purpúreo, Cárdeno, Purpurar, Añublo

Word origin

Old English (describing the clothing of an emperor), alteration of purpre, from Latin purpura ‘purple’, from Greek porphura, denoting molluscs that yielded a crimson dye, also cloth dyed with

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Purple – similar words

purpled

verb

Make or become purple in colour.

Usage examples:

Edmund's cheeks purpled
noun

A colour intermediate between red and blue.

Usage examples:

The painting was mostly in shades of blue and purple
noun

A crimson dye obtained from some molluscs, formerly used for fabric worn by an emperor or senior magistrate in ancient rome or byzantium.

Usage examples:

The region around tyre was well known in the ancient world for its purple dye (tyrian purple) made …
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