púrpura
Asturian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Adjective edit
púrpura m sg (feminine singular púrpura, neuter singular púrpura, masculine plural púrpures, feminine plural púrpures)
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Doublet of porpra.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpures)
Noun edit
púrpura f (uncountable)
Further reading edit
- “púrpura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “púrpura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “púrpura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “púrpura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Noun edit
púrpura f (plural púrpuras)
- purple (colour)
See also edit
branco | gris | negro, preto |
vermello; carmín | laranxa; castaño, marrón | amarelo; crema |
verde lima | verde | menta; verde escuro |
ciano; azul verdoso | cerúleo | azul |
violeta; anil | maxenta; púrpura | rosa |
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: púr‧pu‧ra
Noun edit
púrpura f (plural púrpuras)
- a colour between purple and red
- (medicine) purpura (marks on the skin due to subdermal bleeding)
- Tyrian purple (a purple dye extracted from certain sea molluscs)
- any mollusc that produces Tyrian purple
- red fabric, dyed with Tyrian purple (a symbol of royal or ecclesiastic power)
- (metonymically) royal or ecclesiastic power
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
púrpura (invariable)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “púrpura” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “púrpura” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “púrpura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “púrpura” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “púrpura” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “púrpura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (“purple cloth”), pórpora.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpuras)
Noun edit
púrpura f (plural púrpuras)
- purple (colour)
- Synonym: morado
- (in a poetic sense) blood
- Tyrian purple
- (mollusk) purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)
- (pathology) purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Derived terms edit
See also edit
- Púrpura trombocitopénica trombótica on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
blanco | gris | negro |
rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
lima | verde | menta |
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading edit
- “púrpura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014