purpurine
French, noun\pyʁ.py.ʁin\
purpurine is spelled P-U-R-P-U-R-I-N-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written French, the 267,323rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purpurine is a French feminine noun meaning “purpurine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Colorant naturel rouge foncé extrait comme l’alizarine des rhizomes et des racines de la garance des…”.
What does purpurine mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurpurine
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Colorant naturel rouge foncé extrait comme l’alizarine des rhizomes et des racines de la garance des teinturiers ( Rubia tinctorum L.) et composé d’anthracènes. 2. Bronze moulu qui s’applique à l’huile et au vernis.
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 purpurine
- purpurines plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purpurine?
- \pyʁ.py.ʁin\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is purpurine in French?
purpurine appears about once in every 72 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).