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How to pronounce purple
Say it like this: /ˈpɜː.pl̩/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does purple mean?
nounA colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
“Arraying with reflected Purple and Gold / The Clouds that on his Weſtern Throne attend.”
Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
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”
adjOf a purple hue.
Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
verbTo turn purple in colour.
“The gang leader purpled and raised his gun.”
To dye purple.
To clothe in purple.
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