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| purple |
| 1. paars, purper |
| Engels > Engels |
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| purple |
| 1. n. A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta. |
| (color panel, 800080) |
| 2. n. 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 im |
| to put on the imperial purple |
| 3. n. (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings. |
| 4. n. Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk. |
| 5. n. The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana. |
| 6. n. (medicine) Purpura. |
| 7. n. Earcockle, a disease of wheat. |
| 8. n. Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus (formerly). |
| the banded purple |
| 9. n. A cardinalate. |
| 10. adj. Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue. |
| 11. adj. (US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city. |
| 12. adj. (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals. |
| 13. adj. Imperial; regal. |
| 14. adj. Blood-red; bloody. |
| 15. adj. (of language) Extravagantly ornate, like purple prose. |
| 16. v. (intransitive) To turn purple in colour. |
| 17. v. To dye purple. |
| 18. v. To clothe in purple. |
| Nederlands > Engels |
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| purper |
| 1. n-n. purple, especially a reddish hue of purple (colour) |
| 2. n-n. (historical, with definite article) The purple, imperial or royal power, in particular in relation to the Roman Empire |
| De legeraanvoerder liet zijn zoon het purper aannemen. - The military commander let his son adopt the purple. |
| 3. adj. (chiefly Belgium) purple |
| 4. adj. (Netherlands) reddish purple |
