purpurina
Portuguese, noun/puʁ.puˈɾĩ.nɐ/
purpurina is spelled P-U-R-P-U-R-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 56,014th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Purpurina is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “purpurin (all senses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “corante natural de cor vermelho-escuro extraído das raízes de plantas do género/gênero Rubia, em especial da…”.
What does purpurina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepurpurin (all senses)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. corante natural de cor vermelho-escuro extraído das raízes de plantas do género/gênero Rubia, em especial da erva mediterrânea Rubia tinctorum (nomeada vulgarmente ruiva-dos-tintureiros, garança, granza, etc.) graças à presença de alizarina, um dos pigmentos mais potentes de coloração vermelha quando oxidada, e fórmula C₁₄H₈O₅ 2. substância extraída da Rubia com propriedades inseticidas 3. pó brilhante usado para gravações douradas, prateadas e bronzeadas 4. pequenas partículas de microplástico reflexivo, cujo brilho resultante é usado como maquilhagem/maquiagem
adjective: 1. feminino singular de purpurino
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of purpurina
- purpurinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce purpurina?
- Brazil /puʁ.puˈɾĩ.nɐ/
- Brazil [puh.puˈɾĩ.nɐ]
- Brazil /puʁ.puˈɾĩ.nɐ/ [puh.puˈɾĩ.nɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to purpurina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is purpurina in Portuguese?
purpurina appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).