purpureal

== English == === Etymology === From Latin purpureus (“purple, violet; brown, reddish; clothed in purple; (figurative) brilliant, shining; beautiful”) + English -al (suffix meaning ‘of or pertaining to’ forming adjectives). Purpureus is either derived: from purpura (“the colour purple; purple-fish (Hexaplex trunculus)”) (from Ancient Greek πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā, “purple-fish; purple dye obtained from it; purple-dyed cloth; purple stripe or other adornment of a garment”), from πορφύρω (porphúrō, “to redden”)) + -eus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); or from Ancient Greek πορφύρεος (porphúreos, “of a purple colour”), from πορφῠ́ρᾱ (porphŭ́rā) (see above) + -εος (-eos). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɜːˈpjʊə.ɹɪ.əl/ (General American) IPA(key): /pɝˈp(j)ʊ.ɹi.əl/ Hyphenation: pur‧pu‧re‧al === Adjective === purpureal (comparative more purpureal, superlative most purpureal) (literary, poetic) Of a purple colour. Synonyms: purple, (obsolete) purpuraceous, (archaic, poetic) purpurate, (obsolete) purpure, (obsolete) purpurean, purpureous, (rare) purpurine ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === purple on Wikipedia.Wikipedia