purple in Malay
ungu
UK/ˈpɜː.pl̩//ˈpɝ.pl̩/
purple in Malay: ungu. In English, purple means a colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
Malay words for purple
- colour
- ungu
English meaning of purple
- noun A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
- noun Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
- noun 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.
- noun Imperial power.
purple in a sentence
- to put on the imperial purple
- Near-synonyms: flowery, overwrought
Synonyms of purple
purple in other languages
- purple in Hindi
- purple in Tamil
- purple in Marathi
- purple in Urdu
- purple in Bengali
- purple in Telugu
- purple in Malayalam
- purple in Kannada
- purple in Punjabi
- purple in Gujarati
- purple in Odia
- purple in Nepali
- purple in Tagalog
- purple in Arabic
- purple in Indonesian
- purple in Persian
- purple in Thai
- purple in Vietnamese
- purple in Myanmar
Questions about purple in Malay
- What is the meaning of purple in Malay?
- Purple in Malay is ungu.
- Apakah maksud purple dalam bahasa Melayu?
- Purple: ungu.
- What does purple mean in English?
- Purple means a colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
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