purpura

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of purple and purpure.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɜːpjʊɹə/

Noun

purpura (countable and uncountable, plural purpuras)

1. (pathology) The appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch when pressure is applied, caused by subdermal bleeding.

Derived terms

Translations

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pur‧pu‧ra

Adjective

purpura

1. of the colour violet

Noun

purpura

1. the color violet

Esperanto

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: pur‧pu‧ra

Adjective

purpura (accusative singular purpuran, plural purpuraj, accusative plural purpurajn)

1. magenta (having a reddish-purple color)

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See also

Finnish

Alternative forms

• purppura

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpurpurɑ/,
• Rhymes: -urpurɑ
• Syllabification^(key): pur‧pu‧ra

Noun

purpura

1. (pathology) purpura

Declension

Further reading

• “purpura”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura. Doublet of pourpre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pyʁ.py.ʁa/

Noun

purpura m (plural purpuras)

1. (pathology) purpura

Further reading

• “purpura”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Ido

Etymology

From purpuro +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /purˈpura/

Adjective

purpura

1. (obsolete) purple

   Synonym: purpurea

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra, “purple-fish”).

Pronunciation

• purpura: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpur.pu.ra/,
• purpura: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpur.pu.ra/,
• purpurā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpur.pu.raː/,
• purpurā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpur.pu.ra/,

Noun

purpura f (genitive purpurae); first declension

1. the purple-fish, a species of shellfish or mussel
2. the color purple

Declension

First-declension noun.

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Descendants

Further reading

• “purpura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “purpura”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• purpura in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• purpura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “purpura”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Noun

purpura m

1. genitive singular of purpurs

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *purpurā (“purple”).

Noun

purpura f

1. purple
2. purple cloth or raiment

Descendants

• Middle High German: purpur, purper
  • German: Purpur

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

purpura

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /purˈpu.ra/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ura
• Syllabification: pur‧pu‧ra

Noun

purpura f

1. purple color
2. purple cloth
3. purple raiment
4. purple dye
5. (pathology) purpura

   Synonym: plamica

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Further reading

• purpura in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• purpura in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /puɾˈpuɾa/
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: pur‧pu‧ra

Verb

purpura

1. inflection of purpurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative