purpure

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.

Adj

In blazon, of the colour purple.

Sinonieme

purple

violet

amethyst

mercury

Vertalings

porpora

púrpura

purper

púrpura

pourpre

Purpur

purpur

purpureus

purpure

veilchenblau

ιόχρουν

blaurot <lila>

violâtre

porpra

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/pəˈpjʊə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: purpure

Geërf van Old English: purpure

In summary

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