purple

1. (countable, uncountable)A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.

   a color between red and blue

2. (countable, uncountable)Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.

3. (countable, uncountable)Cloth, or a garment, dyed a purple colour; especially, a purple robe, worn as an emblem of rank or authority; specifically, the purple robe or mantle worn by Ancient Roman emperors as the emblem of imperial dignity.

   to put on the imperial purple

   lila, purpur, violett

   пу́рпурpúrpur, пурпу́рныйpurpúrnyj, пурпу́ровыйpurpúrovyj

   фіолетовийfioletovyj

4. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Imperial power.

   1776-1788, Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire He was born in the purple.

   (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status

5. (countable, uncountable)Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.

   багря́нкаbagrjánka

6. (countable, uncountable)The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.

7. (countable, uncountable)Purpura.

8. (countable, uncountable)Earcockle, a disease of wheat.

9. (countable, uncountable)Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).

   the banded purple

10. (countable, uncountable)A cardinalate.

11. (UK, countable, slang, uncountable)Synonym of snakebite and black.

12. (countable, uncountable)A purple dye or pigment.

1. Does this look purple to you?

   Це, на твою думку, фіолетове? — deniko

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2. Have you ever seen a purple butterfly?

   Ти колись бачив фіолетових метеликів? — deniko

   ruТы когда-нибудь видел фиолетовых бабочек? — Wezel

   deHast du schon einmal einen violetten Schmetterling gesehen? — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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3. I'm going to buy a purple sweater.

   Я куплю фіолетовий светр. — deniko

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4. I want to buy a purple sweater.

   Я хочу купити фіолетовий светр. — deniko

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5. Are they purple?

   Вони фіолетові? — deniko

   ruОни пурпурные? — Balamax

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