purple

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Verb 1.6 Derived terms 1.7 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin purpura.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɜː(ɹ).pəl/, SAMPA: /"p3(r\).p@/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)pəl

[edit] Noun

purple (plural purples)

1. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.

   purple colour:

[edit] Translations

[edit] Adjective

purple (comparative more purple, superlative most purple)

1. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
2. (US, politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Verb

to purple (third-person singular simple present purples, present participle purpling, simple past and past participle purpled)

1. (intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
   • He purpled with rage.

[edit] Derived terms

bepurple purple finch purple gallinule purple grackle Purple Heart

purple loosestrife purple passage purple patch purple prose purple state

purpleheart royal purple Tyrian purple visual purple

[edit] See also

• purpure
• rhodopsin
• secondary color
• Appendix:Colours