purper
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch purper, from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpʏr.pər/
- Hyphenation: pur‧per
Noun
purper n (plural purpers)
- purple, especially a reddish hue of purple (colour)
- (historical, uncountable, 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.
Derived terms
- purpuren
- purpurslak
Descendants
- Afrikaans: purper
Adjective
purper (not comparable)
- (chiefly Belgium) purple
- Synonym: paars
- (Netherlands) reddish purple
- Synonym: purperen
Inflection
| Inflection of purper | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | purper | |||
| inflected | purpere | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | purper | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | purpere | ||
| n. sing. | purper | |||
| plural | purpere | |||
| definite | purpere | |||
| partitive | purpers | |||