purpure

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/pəˈpjʊə//pɚˈpjʊɹ/

noun

A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.

OriginMiddle English purpure ← Old English purpure ← Old French purpure →
UncommonScrabble 11
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Meanings

nounpurpure (uncountable)
  1. uncountablegovernmentA purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.

    Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture.

    1997, Brault, Early Blazon
adjectivepurpure (not comparable)
  1. not comparablegovernmentIn blazon, of the colour purple.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
purpureal

Origin

  1. Latinpurpura
  2. Old Frenchpurpure“purple”
  3. Old Englishpurpure
  4. Middle Englishpurpure
  5. Englishpurpure

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

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Translations

Catalan porpra
  • porprapurple colour on a coat of arms
Danish purpur
  • purpurin blazon, of the colour purple
Dutch purper, purper
  • purperpurple colour on a coat of arms
  • purperin blazon, of the colour purple
Finnish purppura, purppura
  • purppurapurple colour on a coat of arms
  • purppurain blazon, of the colour purple
French pourpre, pourpre
  • pourprepurple colour on a coat of arms
  • pourprein blazon, of the colour purple
German Purpur, purpur
  • Purpurpurple colour on a coat of arms
  • purpurin blazon, of the colour purple
Hungarian bíbor
  • bíborin blazon, of the colour purple
Italian porpora, porpora
  • porporapurple colour on a coat of arms
  • porporain blazon, of the colour purple
Polish purpurowy
  • purpurowyin blazon, of the colour purple
Portuguese púrpura, púrpura
  • púrpurapurple colour on a coat of arms
  • púrpurain blazon, of the colour purple
Romanian purpur, purpură
  • purpurpurple colour on a coat of arms
  • purpurăpurple colour on a coat of arms
  • purpuriuin blazon, of the colour purple
Russian пу́рпурный, пу́рпурный
  • пу́рпурныйpurple colour on a coat of arms
  • пу́рпурный (púrpurnyj)in blazon, of the colour purple
Spanish púrpura, púrpura
  • púrpurapurple colour on a coat of arms
  • púrpurain blazon, of the colour purple
Swedish purpur, purpur
  • purpurpurple colour on a coat of arms
  • purpurin blazon, of the colour purple

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with purpure

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Cite this entry
APA

purpure. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpure

MLA

“purpure.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpure. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “purpure,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/purpure.

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