purpura

See also purpurā

English

Petechia and purpura on a human ankle.

Etymology

From Latin purpura

Noun

purpura (countable and uncountable; plural purpuras)

1. (medicine) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA: /purˈpura/
• Hyphenation: pur‧pur‧a

Adjective

purpura (plural purpuraj, accusative singular purpuran, accusative plural purpurajn)

1. purple (having blue/red mixture that makes the color purple)

Related terms

• viola

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Finnish

Alternative forms

• purppura

Noun

purpura

1. (medicine) purpura

Declension

Declension of purpura (type kulkija) singular plural nominative purpura purpurat genitive purpuran purpuroiden purpuroitten purpurain1 partitive purpuraa purpuroita accusative purpura purpuran purpurat inessive purpurassa purpuroissa elative purpurasta purpuroista illative purpuraan purpuroihin adessive purpuralla purpuroilla ablative purpuralta purpuroilta allative purpuralle purpuroille essive purpurana purpuroina translative purpuraksi purpuroiksi instructive – purpuroin abessive purpuratta purpuroitta comitative – purpuroineen 1) Rare.

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Ido

Adjective

purpura

1. purple

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphura, “purple-fish”), of Semitic origin.

Noun

purpura (genitive purpurae); f, first declension

1. the purple-fish, a species of shellfish or mussel
2. the color purple
3. vocative singular of purpura

purpurā f

1. ablative singular of purpura

Inflection

First declension (1).

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	purpura	purpurae
genitive	purpurae	purpurārum
dative	purpurae	purpurīs
accusative	purpuram	purpurās
ablative	purpurā	purpurīs
vocative	purpura	purpurae

Descendants

• English: purple
• French: pourpre
• German: Purpur
• Italian: porpora
• Portuguese: púrpura
• Romanian: purpură
• Russian: пурпур
• Spanish: púrpura

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Latvian

Noun

purpura m

1. genitive singular form of purpurs

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Old High German

Etymology

Latin purpura

Noun

purpura f

1. purple
2. purple cloth or raiment

Descendants

• Middle High German: purpur
  • German: Purpur