purpure
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English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- (heraldry): pu. or purp. (abbreviations)
Etymology[edit]
From Old French purpure (“purple”). Doublet of purple.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
purpure (uncountable)
- (heraldry) A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
- 1997, Brault, Early Blazon:
- Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture.
- purpure:
Translations[edit]
purple colour on a coat of arms
Adjective[edit]
purpure (not comparable)
Translations[edit]
in blazon, of the colour purple
See also[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
purpure
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