purple

pur·ple

 (pûr′pəl)

n.

1. Any of a group of colors with a hue between that of violet and red.

2. Cloth of a color between violet and red, formerly worn as a symbol of royalty or high office.

3. Imperial power; high rank: born to the purple.

4. Roman Catholic Church

a. The rank or office of a cardinal.

b. The rank or office of a bishop.

adj.

1. Of the color purple.

2. Royal or imperial; regal.

3. Elaborate and ornate: purple prose.

tr. & intr.v. pur·pled, pur·pling, pur·ples

To make or become purple.

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[Middle English purpel, purple, dark crimson, from Old English purpul, from alteration (by dissimilation of the second r to l) of purpure, purple or dark crimson cloth, from Latin purpura, mollusk yielding Tyrian purple, Tyrian purple cloth, purple color, from Greek porphurā, of unknown origin.]

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purple

(ˈpɜːpəl)

n

1. (Colours) any of various colours with a hue lying between red and blue and often highly saturated; a nonspectral colour

2. (Dyeing) a dye or pigment producing such a colour

3. (Textiles) cloth of this colour, often used to symbolize royalty or nobility

4. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the purple high rank; nobility

5. (Roman Catholic Church)

a. the official robe of a cardinal

b. the rank, office, or authority of a cardinal as signified by this

6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the purple bishops collectively

adj

7. (Colours) of the colour purple

8. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (of writing) excessively elaborate or full of imagery: purple prose.

9. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) noble or royal

[Old English, from Latin purpura purple dye, from Greek porphura the purple fish (Murex)]

ˈpurpleness n

ˈpurplish adj

ˈpurply adj

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pur•ple

(ˈpɜr pəl)

n., adj. -pler, -plest, n.

1. any color having components of both red and blue, esp. one deep in tone.

2. cloth or clothing of this hue, esp. as formerly worn distinctively by persons of royal or other high rank.

3. the office of a cardinal or bishop.

4. imperial, regal, or princely rank or position.

adj.

5. of the color purple.

6. imperial, regal, or princely.

7. brilliant or showy.

8. full of exaggerated literary devices and effects; marked by excessively ornate rhetoric: purple prose.

9. profane or shocking, as language.

v.t., v.i.

10. to make or become purple.

Idioms:

born to the purple, of royal or exalted birth.

[before 1000; Middle English purpel (n. and adj.), Old English purple (adj.), variant of purpure < Latin purpura kind of shellfish yielding purple dye, the dye, cloth so dyed < Greek porphýra; compare porphyry]

pur′ple•ness, n.

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	purple - a purple color or pigment     purpleness chromatic color, chromatic colour, spectral color, spectral colour - a color that has hue lavender - a pale purple color mauve - a moderate purple reddish purple, royal purple - a shade of purple tinged with red reddish blue, violet - a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
	2.	purple - of imperial status; "he was born to the purple" noblesse, nobility - the state of being of noble birth
Verb	1.	purple - become purple discolour, discolor, color, colour - change color, often in an undesired manner; "The shirts discolored"
	2.	purple - color purple empurple, purpurate color, color in, colorise, colorize, colour in, colourise, colourize, colour - add color to; "The child colored the drawings"; "Fall colored the trees"; "colorize black and white film"
Adj.	1.	purple - of a color intermediate between red and blue purplish, violet chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
	2.	purple - excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away" empurpled, over-embellished rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
	3.	purple - belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head" regal, majestic, imperial, royal noble - of or belonging to or constituting the hereditary aristocracy especially as derived from feudal times; "of noble birth"

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purple

Shades of purple

amethyst, aubergine, burgundy, carmine, claret, dubonnet, gentian, gentian blue, heather, heliotrope, indigo, lavender, lilac, magenta, mauve, mulberry, pansy, peach-blow, periwinkle, plum, puce, royal purple, Tyrian purple, violet, wine

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Translations

أرْجُوان، أرْجُوانيأُرْجُوَانِي

nachpurpurový

purpurvioletlilla

purpurnviolett

πορφυρός

purpura

moradopúrpuralila

purppurasinipunainenvioletti

violetpourpreviolette

ljubičast

bíbor

fjólubláfjólublárfjólublár, purpuraliturfjólubláttpurpuralit

porporaviola

紫色の

자줏빛의

ostrumpurpura

purpurinė spalvapurpurinisvioletinė spalvavioletinis

purpurspurpursarkans

paars

fiolettpurpurpurpurfarget

purpurowyfioletowy

roxopúrpura

movpurpuriuviolet

пурпурныйфиолетовыйбагор

purpurpurpurový

vijoličen

lila

ที่มีสีม่วง

mor

tím

紫色的紫色

purple

[ˈpɜːpl]

A. ADJ → morado
to go purple (in the face) → enrojecer
Purple Heart (US) (Mil) decoración otorgada a los heridos de guerra
purple heart → (píldora f de) anfetamina f
purple prose → prosa f de estilo inflado

B. N (= colour) → púrpura f, morado m

C. VT → purpurar

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purple

[ˈpɜː^rp^əl] adj (bluish) → violet(te); (reddish) → pourprePurple Heart n (US) décoration attribuée aux blessés de guerrepurple patch purple passage n → état m de grâce
She's enjoying a purple patch at the moment → Elle est en état de grâce en ce moment.

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purple

adj → violett, lila; face → dunkelrot, hochrot; (pej) prose, passage → hochgestochen, hochtrabend; to go purple (in the face) → hochrot werden or anlaufen (inf)

n

(= colour) → Violett nt, → Lila nt

(fig) the purple (= nobility) → der Adel; (= bishops) → der Kardinalsstand; to be born to the purple → von königlichem Geblüt sein; to be raised to the purple → den Kardinalspurpur anlegen

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purple

[ˈpɜːpl]

1. adj → viola inv
to go purple (in the face) → diventare paonazzo/a, farsi di porpora

2. n (colour) → viola m inv (Rel) the purple → la porpora

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purple

(ˈpəːpl) noun, adjective

(of) a dark colour made by mixing blue and red. pers أرْجُوان، أرْجُواني лилав roxo nach(ový) purpurn violet; purpur μοβpúrpura, morado punakaslilla ارغوانی purppuranpunainen violetסגול बैंगनी bíbor(piros) ungu fjólublár, purpuralitur porpora 紫色 자줏빛 purpurinė/violetinė spalva; purpurinis, violetinis purpurs; purpursarkans ungu purperpurpur, fiolettfioletowy ارغوانى roxo violet фиолетовый purpur; purpurový vijoličen ljubičast purpur, mörklila สีม่วง mor 紫色(的) пурпурний колір ارغواني رنگ màu đỏ tía 紫色（的）

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purple

→ أُرْجُوَانِي purpurový purpur violett πορφυρός morado violetti violet ljubičast viola 紫色の 자줏빛의 paars purpurfarget purpurowy roxo пурпурный lila ที่มีสีม่วง mor tím 紫色的

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pur·ple

n. color púrpura; morado.

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purple

adj morado

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