purple

Etymology
From, , from , taken from , from , from , perhaps of origin. . The sense of "imperial power" is from the wearing of the color purple by emperors and kings.

Noun

 * 1) A colour between red and magenta; violet, though often closer to magenta.
 * 2)  Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
 * 3) Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.
 * 4)  Imperial power.
 * 5) * 1776-1788,, 
 * He was born in the purple.
 * 1) Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
 * 2) The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
 * 3)  Purpura.
 * 4) Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
 * 5) Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus  (formerly ).
 * 6) A cardinalate.
 * 1) Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
 * 2) The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
 * 3)  Purpura.
 * 4) Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
 * 5) Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus  (formerly ).
 * 6) A cardinalate.
 * 1)  Purpura.
 * 2) Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
 * 3) Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus  (formerly ).
 * 4) A cardinalate.
 * 1) A cardinalate.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Akan: pɛpol
 * Albanian:
 * Ancient: πορφύρεος, πορφυροῦς
 * Arabic:, أُرْجُوَانِيّ
 * Egyptian Arabic: بنفسجي غامق, موف
 * Gulf Arabic: بنفسجي
 * South Levantine Arabic: بنفسجي, نهدي, ليلكي
 * Aragonese: purpurenco
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:, púrpura
 * Azerbaijani: tünd qırmızı ,
 * Basque: gorrindol
 * Bengali: ,
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: ခရမ်းရောင်နု
 * Catalan: ,
 * Chechen: шекъан бос, лилула-сийна
 * Cherokee: ᏕᎷᎨ
 * Chichewa: wofiirira
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 紫色
 * Mandarin:
 * Cornish: glasrudh, purpur, rudhlas
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:, ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: purpuro
 * Estonian: purpurne
 * Faroese: korkalitur, purpur, purpurlitur
 * Fijian: lokaloka
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მეწამული, ძოწეული, იისფერი
 * German:, purpur,
 * Greek:
 * Gujarati: જાંબુડિયું
 * Haitian Creole: mov
 * Hausa: shunayya
 * Hawaiian: poni, mākuʻe
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hopi: tsorongpu
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:, purpuralitur
 * Ido:
 * Igbo: odòdo, òdòdò
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: purpura
 * Irish: corcairghorm, purpair
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:, ಕೆನ್ನೇರಳೆ,
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: ពណ៌ស្វាយ
 * Kongo: viole
 * Korean: ,
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish:
 * Lakota: šátȟo, tȟóluta
 * Latgalian: liļovs
 * Latin:, ostrum
 * Latvian:
 * Ligurian:
 * Louisiana Creole French: vyolé, vyolèt, lila
 * Low German:
 * Dutch Low Saxon: sangen
 * Luganda: kimuli
 * Macedonian: пурпурна
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay:
 * Malayalam: ധൂമ്രനൂൽ
 * Maori: pāpura,
 * Marathi:
 * Mirandese:
 * Mokilese: pwijehn mwoal
 * Mongolian: час улаан
 * Montagnais: kaiapitshiminet
 * Navajo: tsédídéehgo dootłʼizh
 * Nepali: बैंगनी
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Occitan:
 * Odia:
 * Ojibwe: miinaande
 * Old English: bleoread, godwebben, basu
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Quechua:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Romansch: violet
 * Russian:, ,
 * Samoan: viole
 * Saterland Frisian: sangen
 * Scottish Gaelic: purpar
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: љубичаста, пурпурна
 * Roman: ,
 * Somali: carwaajiis
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Sundanese:
 * Swedish:,  ,  ,
 * Tagalog: haban,
 * Tamil:
 * Tatar: шәмәхә
 * Telugu: లేత ఎరుపు రంగు
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: hap ret
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen:, melewşe
 * Ukrainian:
 * Uzbek:
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: porffor, piws, glasgoch
 * West Frisian:
 * Yiddish: לילאַ, פּערפּעלן, פּורפּור
 * Yoruba: àwo elésè àlùkò
 * Yup'ik: pelicqiq
 * Zazaki: more
 * Zulu: okusabukhwebezane


 * Bulgarian: багреница
 * Catalan:
 * Gothic: 𐍀𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀𐌿𐍂𐌰
 * Hungarian:
 * Russian:


 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Russian:

Adjective

 * 1) Of a purple hue.
 * 2)  Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
 * 3)  Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
 * 4) Imperial; regal.
 * 5) Blood-red; bloody.
 * 6)  Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
 * 7)  Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
 * 1)  Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
 * 2) Imperial; regal.
 * 3) Blood-red; bloody.
 * 4)  Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
 * 5)  Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
 * 1) Blood-red; bloody.
 * 2)  Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
 * 3)  Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
 * 1)  Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
 * 2)  Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
 * 1)  Completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.

Translations

 * Albanian: ,
 * Amharic: ሃምራዊ
 * Arabic: أُرْجُوَانِيّ,
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:, púrpura
 * Belarusian: фіяле́тавы
 * Bulgarian:, ,
 * Catalan:, purpuri
 * Chichewa: chofiilira
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Cornish: glasrudh, purpur
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: purpurne
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: იისფერი, იასამნისფერი, მოწითალო-მოლურჯო, მოვარდისფრო-მოიისფრო
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Haitian Creole: mov, vyolèt
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi: ,
 * Hopi: tsorongpu
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic: ; purpuralitur
 * Ido:
 * Interlingua: purpuree
 * Irish: corcra, purpair
 * Japanese:, ,
 * Khmer: ពណ៌ស្វាយ
 * Korean:
 * Latin:, ostrīnus, blatteus
 * Latvian:, lillā,
 * Louisiana Creole French: vyolé, vyolèt, lila
 * Luxembourgish: mof
 * Malay:
 * Manchu: ᡧᡠᡧᡠ
 * Maori:, poroporo
 * Maranao: kasomba
 * Norman: pourpre
 * Old English: basu, blǣhǣwen, basureadan, weolucbasu
 * Old Tupi: *umbyk
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: purpur
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Punjabi: ਜਾਮਨੀ
 * Quechua:, sañi
 * Romansch: violet
 * Russian:, ,
 * Saterland Frisian: sangen
 * Scottish Gaelic: purpar, purpaidh, còrcair
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: пурпуран, љубичаст
 * Roman: ,
 * Slovak:
 * Somali: dugul
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, , purpurfärgad
 * Tajik: қирмизӣ
 * Tatar: шәмәхә
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Tày: cắm
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: جامنی
 * Vietnamese: đỏ tía, màu tím
 * Volapük:
 * Welsh: porffor, piws, glasgoch

Verb

 * 1)  To turn purple in colour.
 * 2)  To dye purple.
 * 3)  To clothe in purple.
 * 1)  To dye purple.
 * 2)  To clothe in purple.
 * 1)  To clothe in purple.