purpura
French, noun/pyʁ.py.ʁa/
purpura is spelled P-U-R-P-U-R-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written French, the 90,544th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purpura is a French masculine noun meaning “purpura” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Éclatement, rupture des vaisseaux capillaires créant des taches pourpres sur la peau, et dans les muscles”.
What does purpura mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepurpura
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Éclatement, rupture des vaisseaux capillaires créant des taches pourpres sur la peau, et dans les muscles.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of purpura
- purpuras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purpura?
- /pyʁ.py.ʁa/
- \pyʁ.py.ʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to purpura
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purpura in French?
purpura appears about once in every 8 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).