purple
/ˈpɝ.pl̩/noun, verb, adjective2 syllables
Purple means: belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler.
Synonyms for purple17
noun, as in a color between red and blue
noun, as in (in ancient Rome) position of imperial status
noun, as in (Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
verb, as in color purple
adjective, as in of a color intermediate between red and blue
adjective, as in excessively elaborate or showily expressed
What does purple mean?8
adjective
belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler“golden age of imperial splendor”
of a color intermediate between red and blue
excessively elaborate or showily expressed“a writer of empurpled literature”
verb
color purple
become purple
noun
a color between red and blue
(in ancient Rome) position of imperial status“he was born to the purple”
(Roman Catholic Church) official dress of a cardinal; so named after the Tyrial purple color of the robes
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Purple in a sentence
- The insect is not blue, it is purple.carlosalberto
- Aya likes intense colors, such as hot pink, electric blue and deep purple.CN
- Most raspberries are red, but there are also white, yellow, and even purple raspberries.carlosalberto
- The colour of purple rice, also known as black rice, comes from anthocyanins.mollydot
- Your kite is four colors: pink, red, fuchsia, and purple.urro
- Your kite's four colors: pink, red, fuchsia, and purple.urro
- At dusk, the sky glows with a purple light.LeviHighway
- Beyond lay the sea, misty and purple, with its haunting, unceasing murmur.Hybrid
Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.
Forms of purple
as a noun
- plural
- purples
as a verb
- third-person singular
- purples
- present participle
- purpling
- past participle
- purpled
- past tense
- purpled
as a adjective
- comparative
- purpler
- superlative
- purplest