Number of syllables in the word 'purple'
Find out how many syllables are there in the word purple.
- No of syllables in purple : 2
- Divide syllables in purple : pur-ple
More about the word - purple
- noun
- Definition : A colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue; dark magenta.
- Definition : (colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
- Definition : 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 imperial dignity.
- Definition : (by extension) Imperial power, because the colour purple was worn by emperors and kings.
- verb
- Definition : To turn purple in colour.
- Definition : To dye purple.
- Definition : To clothe in purple.
- adjective
- Synonyms : purpureal
- Definition : Having a colour/color that is a dark blend of red and blue.
- Definition : Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support, as in purple state, purple city.
- Definition : (in Netherlands and Belgium) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
- Definition : Imperial; regal.
- noun
- Synonyms : Texas tea, lean, sizzurp
- Definition : A recreational drug based on cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community in the southern United States.
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