púrpura
Asturian
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Doublet of porpra.
Further reading
- “púrpura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “púrpura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “púrpura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “púrpura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuh.pu.ɾɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈpuʁ.pu.ɾɐ/ [ˈpuχ.pu.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈpuɻ.pu.ɾa/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾɐ/
- Hyphenation: púr‧pu‧ra
Noun
púrpura f (plural púrpuras)
- a colour between purple and red
- (medicine) purpura (marks on the skin due to subdermal bleeding)
- Tyrian purple (a purple dye extracted from certain sea molluscs)
- any mollusc that produces Tyrian purple
- red fabric, dyed with Tyrian purple (a symbol of royal or ecclesiastic power)
- (metonymically) royal or ecclesiastic power
Derived terms
- púrpura de Henoch
- púrpura de Schönlein
- púrpura hemorrágica
- púrpura nervosa
- púrpura reumática
- púrpura visual
Alternative forms
- púrpuro
Further reading
- “púrpura” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “púrpura” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “púrpura” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “púrpura” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “púrpura” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “púrpura” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Cf. the inherited Old Spanish forms pórpola (“purple cloth”), pórpora.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpuɾpuɾa/ [ˈpuɾ.pu.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -uɾpuɾa
- Syllabification: púr‧pu‧ra
Adjective
púrpura m or f (masculine and feminine plural púrpuras)
Noun
púrpura f (plural púrpuras)
- purple (colour)
- Synonym: morado
- (in a poetic sense) blood
- Tyrian purple
- (mollusk) purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)
- Synonyms: cañadilla, cañaílla
- (pathology) purpura, thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Derived terms
See also
- Púrpura trombocitopénica trombótica on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
blanco | gris | negro |
rojo; carmín, carmesí | naranja, anaranjado; marrón | amarillo; crema |
lima | verde | menta |
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo | celeste, cerúleo | azul |
violeta; añil, índigo | magenta; morado, púrpura | rosa, rosado |
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
- “púrpura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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