purpure

See also: Purpure and purpuré

English

Alternative forms

pu. or purp. in heraldic contexts.

Etymology

From Old French purpure (“purple”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈpjʊə/
  • IPA(key): /pɚˈpjʊɹ/
  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun

purpure (uncountable)

  1. (heraldry): A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
    • 1997: Many authorities reject the authenticity of purpure as a tincture. — Brault, Early Blazon

Translations

Adjective

purpure

  1. (heraldry) In blazon, of the colour purple.

Translations

See also

  • Appendix:Colors

Spanish

Verb

purpure

  1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of purpurar.
  2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
  3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
  4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of purpurar.
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