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The French word for purple is
violet





purple

French Definition


purple
     1. adj. Violet rougeâtre, pourpre-violet.
     2. n. Violet rougeâtre, pourpre-violet.



Translations for purple and their definitions

violet
     1. n-m. (usually) purple (colour)
     2. n-m. mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar
     3. adj. purple


pourpre
     1. n-m. burgundy (purple color)
     2. n-m. rich, purple fabric
     3. n-m. (tincture) purpure; purple color as used in heraldry
     4. n-m. (by extension, obsolete) power, authority
     5. adj. burgundy in color


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