purpure
A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines…A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
Meaning
1 senses(uncountable)A purple colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by diagonal parallel lines 45 degrees clockwise.
Purpur
пу́рпурный
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English purpure, from Old English purpure and Old French purpure (“purple”); bFrom 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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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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