purpur

See also: Purpur

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *porfor, from Latin purpura (“purple”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈpʏrpʏr]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈpərpər]

Adjective

purpur (comparative moy purpur)

1. (color/colour) purple, violet

   purpur:  

   Synonyms: glasrudh, rudhlas

Derived terms

• gellburpur (“puce”)
• purpurwyn (“light purple”)

See also

Colors in Cornish · liwyow (layout · text)

gwynn	loos, glas	du
rudh; kogh	rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm	melyn; losvelyn
	gwyrdh, gwer, glas
glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas	glaswyn, blou	glas
glasrudh, purpur; indigo	majenta; purpur, glasrudh	gwynnrudh, kigliw

Mutation

Mutation of purpur

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
purpur	burpur	furpur	unchanged	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Etymology

Derived from German Purpur. First attested in the 14th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpurpur]

Noun

purpur m inan (relational adjective purpurový)

1. purple (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of purpur (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	purpur	purpury
genitive	purpuru	purpurů
dative	purpuru	purpurům
accusative	purpur	purpury
vocative	purpure	purpury
locative	purpuru	purpurech
instrumental	purpurem	purpury

Plautdietsch

Adjective

purpur

1. purple (color/colour)

Romanian

Noun

purpur n (plural purpure)

1. alternative form of purpură

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	purpur	purpurul	purpure	purpurele
genitive-dative	purpur	purpurului	purpure	purpurelor
vocative	purpurule		purpurelor

Swedish

nyckel i purpur [purple key]

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura.

Noun

purpur c

1. purple (color/colour)

   Purpurfärgen

   The Color Purple (movie)

Usage notes

• Between blue and red and reddish rather than blueish (compare lila).
• A somewhat literary word.

Declension

Declension of purpur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	purpur	purpurs
	definite	purpurn	purpurns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• gredelin
• lila
• violett

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)

vit	grå	svart
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd	orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun	gul; beige
limegrön	grön	mintgrön
turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal	himmelsblå, azur	blå
lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo	magenta; purpur	rosa (common), skär (uncommon)

References

• “purpur”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “purpur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “purpur”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Volapük

Noun

purpur (genitive purpura, plural purpurs)

1. purple (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of purpur

	Singular	Plural
Nominative	purpur	purpurs
Genitive	purpura	purpuras
Dative	purpure	purpures
Accusative	purpuri	purpuris
Predicative1	purpuru	purpurus
Vocative	o purpur	o purpurs

1. Introduced in Volapük Nulik.

Derived terms

• purpurik

See also

Colors in Volapük · köls (layout · text)

viet	ged	bläg
red	rojan; braun	yelov
	grün
		blöv
violät	purpur	redül