purpure

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From Middle English purpure, from Old English purpure and Old French purpure (“purple”); both from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpura.

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Danish: purpur — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Dutch: purper — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Finnish: purppura — in blazon, of the colour purple
• French: pourpre — in blazon, of the colour purple
• German: purpur — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Hungarian: bíbor — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Italian: porpora — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Macedonian: пурпурен (purpuren) — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Polish: purpurowy — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Portuguese: púrpura — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Romanian: purpuriu — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Russian: пу́рпурный (púrpurnyj) — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Serbo-Croatian: гримизна — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Serbo-Croatian: grimizna — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Spanish: púrpura — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Swedish: purpur — in blazon, of the colour purple
• Catalan: porpra — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Dutch: purper — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Finnish: purppura — purple colour on a coat of arms
• French: pourpre — purple colour on a coat of arms
• German: Purpur — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Italian: porpora — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Macedonian: пурпурна (purpurna) — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Portuguese: púrpura — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Romanian: purpur — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Romanian: purpură — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Russian: пу́рпурный — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Serbo-Croatian: гримизна — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Serbo-Croatian: grimizna — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Spanish: púrpura — purple colour on a coat of arms
• Swedish: purpur — purple colour on a coat of arms