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[edit] English
Various shades of purple.
[edit] Etymology
From Middle English purpel, from Old English purple, purpure (“purple”), from Latin purpura (“purple dye, shellfish”), from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphura, “purple fish”), of Semitic origin.
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purple (plural purples)
- The colour worn by an emperor or king; by extension, imperial power.
- 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.29:
- The immediate successors of Augustus indulged in appalling cruelties towards senators and towards possible competitors for the purple.
- A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
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- Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
- the purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana
- 2005, Tipi Paul, Wanna Smoke?: The Adventures of a Storyteller, page 14
- "Sure, some purple Owlsley."
- 2010, Mark Arax, West of the West, page 221
- “Purple smoke is no joke. Especially when it is real purple. The smell, taste, and high is easily one of the best in the world. One bowl of some purple Kush, and I'm done for a couple of hours.
- 2011, Danielle Santiago, Allure of the Game, page 148
- She preferred to smoke some good purple, but getting high wasn't an option.
[edit] Translations
colour
- Ancient Greek: πορφύρεος, πορφυροῦς (porphureos, porphurous)
- Arabic: بنفسجي (ar)
- Basque: gorrindol (eu)
- Bosnian: ljubičasta f., lila f.
- Breton: limestra
- Catalan: porpra (ca) f., púrpura (ca) f.
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 紫色 (cmn) (zǐsè)
- Cornish: purpur
- Czech: purpurový (cs), fialový (cs)
- Danish: lilla (da), violet (da)
- Dutch: purper, paars
- Esperanto: purpuro (eo)
- Finnish: sinipunainen (fi), purppura (fi), violetti (fi)
- French: violet (fr), pourpre (fr)
- German: purpur (de), lila (de), violett (de)
- Greek: μωβ (mov), ιώδες (iódhes), ιόχρουν (iókhrun), βιολετί (vyoletí), μαβί (maví), μενεξεδί (menexedhí), πορφυρό (porfiró)
- Gronings: sangen
- Hebrew: סגול (Sagol)
- Hopi: tsorongpu
- Hungarian: bíbor (hu), lila (hu)
- Icelandic: fjólublár (is) m., purpuralitur (is) m.
- Ido: purpuro (io)
- Igbo: odòdo
- Indonesian: ungu
- Irish: corcairghorm
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- Italian: porpora (it) m.
- Japanese: 紫 (むらさき, murasaki)
- Korean: 자주색 (ko) (jajusaek)
- Kurdish: مۆر (ku)
- Latgalian: liļovs m.
- Latin: purpura (la), ostrum (la)
- Latvian: lillāts, violēts m.
- Macedonian: пурпурна (mk) (purpurna) f.
- Malay: ungu (ms)
- Maori: pāpura (mi)
- Montagnais: kaiapitshiminet
- Navajo: tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh
- Norwegian: lilla (no), fiolett (no)
- Polish: purpura (pl), fiolet (pl)
- Portuguese: roxo (pt), púrpura (pt)
- Quechua: kulli (qu)
- Romanian: purpuriu (ro), mov (ro), violet (ro)
- Russian: фиолетовый (ru) (fiolétovyj)
- Saterland Frisian: sangen
- Scottish Gaelic: purpar (gd) m.
- Spanish: morado (es) m., púrpura (es) m., lila (es), violeta (es) m.
- Swedish: lila (sv), violett (sv), gredelin (sv) (obsolete)
- Turkish: mor, erguvani (purple-coloured)
- Vietnamese: tía (vi)
- Welsh: porffor, piws
- West Frisian: pears
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[edit] Adjective
purple (comparative more purple, superlative most purple)
- Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
- (US, politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
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- Amharic: ሃምራዊ (hamrawi)
- Arabic: أرجواني (ar) (ʾurjuwāniyy), بنفسجي (ar) (banafsajiyy)
- Belarusian: фіялетавы (be) (fijalétavy)
- Bulgarian: виолетов (bg) (violétov) m., пурпурен (bg) (púrpuren) m., морав (bg) (mórav) m.
- Catalan: porpra (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 紫色 (cmn) (zǐsè), 紫 (cmn) (zǐ), 紺 (cmn), 绀 (cmn) (gàn)
- Czech: nachový (cs), purpurový (cs)
- Danish: lilla (da)
- Dutch: paars (nl), purperen (nl)
- Esperanto: purpura (eo)
- Estonian: purpurne (et)
- Finnish: sinipunainen (fi), violetti (fi)
- French: violet (fr), pourpre (fr)
- German: violett (de), lila (de), purpurrot (de)
- Hindi: बैंगनी (hi) (baiṅganī), बैगनी (hi) (baiganī)
- Hopi: tsorongpu
- Hungarian: bíbor (hu), bíborszínű (hu)
- Icelandic: fjólublár (is) m., fjólublá (is) f., fjólublátt (is) n.; purpuralitur (is) m., purpuralit (is) f., purpuralitt (is) n.
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- Japanese: 紫色 (ja) (むらさきいろ, murasakiiro), 紫の (ja) (むらさきの, murasaki-no), パープル (ja) (pāpuru)
- Korean: 보라색의 (ko) (borasaeg-ui)
- Latvian: purpura genitive, lillā (indeclinable), violets m.
- Novial: purpri
- Persian: زرشکی (fa) (zereški)
- Polish: purpurowy (pl), fioletowy (pl)
- Portuguese: púrpura (pt), roxo (pt)
- Russian: фиолетовый (ru) (fiolétovyj), пурпурный (ru) (púrpurnyj, purpúrnyj)
- Saterland Frisian: sangen
- Scottish Gaelic: purpar (gd), purpaidh (gd) m., còrcair (gd)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: пурпуран (sh), љубичаст (sh)
- Roman: purpuran (sh), ljubičast (sh)
- Slovak: purpurový (sk)
- Spanish: morado (es)
- Thai: สีม่วง (th) (sĕe mûang)
- Ukrainian: фіолетовий (uk) (fiolétovyj)
- Vietnamese: đỏ tía (vi)
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Democratic/Republican support
purple (third-person singular simple present purples, present participle purpling, simple past and past participle purpled)
- (intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
- 1999, David Edelstein, In Nomine: Corporeal Player's Guide, Steve Jackson Games, ISBN 1-55634-389-2, page 8:
- The gang leader purpled and raised his gun.
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