purpur

See also: Purpur

Cornish

Etymology

From Proto-Brythonic *porfor, from Latin purpura (“purple”).

Pronunciation

• (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈpʏrpʏr]
• (Revived Late Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˈpərpər]

Adjective

purpur

1. (color/colour) purple, violet

   purpur:  

   Synonyms: glasrudh, rudhlas

Derived terms

• gellburpur (“puce”)
• purpurwyn (“light purple”)

Mutation

Mutation of purpur

unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed	mixed after 'th
purpur	burpur	furpur	unchanged	unchanged	unchanged

See also

Colors in Cornish · liwyow (layout · text)

gwynn	loos, glas	du
rudh; kogh	rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm	melyn; losvelyn
	gwyrdh, gwer, glas
glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas	glaswyn, blou	glas
glasrudh, purpur; indigo	majenta; purpur, glasrudh	gwynnrudh, kigliw

Czech

Etymology

Derived from German Purpur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpurpur]

Noun

purpur m inan (relational adjective purpurový)

1. purple (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of purpur (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	purpur	purpury
genitive	purpuru	purpurů
dative	purpuru	purpurům
accusative	purpur	purpury
vocative	purpure	purpury
locative	purpuru	purpurech
instrumental	purpurem	purpury

Plautdietsch

Adjective

purpur

1. purple (color/colour)

Romanian

Noun

purpur n (plural purpure)

1. Alternative form of purpură

Declension

Declension of purpur

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	purpur	purpurul		purpure	purpurele
genitive-dative	purpur	purpurului		purpure	purpurelor
vocative	purpurule			purpurelor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin purpura.

Noun

purpur c

1. purple (color/colour)

   Purpurfärgen

   The Color Purple (movie)

Usage notes

• Between blue and red and reddish rather than blueish (compare lila).
• A somewhat literary word.

Declension

Declension of purpur

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	purpur	purpurs
	definite	purpurn	purpurns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

See also

• gredelin
• lila
• violett

References

• purpur in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• purpur in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• purpur in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Volapük

Noun

purpur (nominative plural purpurs)

1. purple (color/colour)

Declension

Declension of purpur

	singular	plural
nominative	purpur	purpurs
genitive	purpura	purpuras
dative	purpure	purpures
accusative	purpuri	purpuris
vocative 1	o purpur!	o purpurs!
predicative 2	purpuru	purpurus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• purpurik

See also

Colors in Volapük · köls (layout · text)

viet	ged	bläg
red	rojan; braun	yelov
	grün
		blöv
violät	purpur	redül