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How to pronounce “purple”

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Pronunciation guide for purple

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of purple with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Mr. Rogers The Art of LeadershipSo Donna you ah-- We're going to start with "Planet Purple"
Definition summary: A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.

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How to pronounce purple

Mr. Rogers The Art of Leadership

So Donna you ah-- We're going to start with "Planet Purple"

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Meaning

[Noun]
A colour between red and blue; violet, though often closer to magenta.
(colour theory) Any non-spectral colour on the line of purples on a colour chromaticity diagram or a colour wheel between violet and red.
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.
(by extension) Imperial power.
Any of various species of mollusks from which Tyrian purple dye was obtained, especially the common dog whelk.
The purple haze cultivar of cannabis in the kush family, either pure or mixed with others, or by extension any variety of smoked marijuana.
(medicine) Purpura.
Earcockle, a disease of wheat.
Any of the species of large butterflies, usually marked with purple or blue, of the genus Basilarchia (formerly Limenitis).
A cardinalate.
(slang, US) Ellipsis of purple drank.
(UK, slang) Synonym of snakebite and black.
[Adjective]
Of a purple hue.
(US politics) Not predominantly red or blue, but having a mixture of Democrat and Republican support.
(Belgium, Netherlands) Mixed between social democrats and liberals.
Imperial; regal.
Blood-red; bloody.
(literature) Of language, extravagantly ornate, like purple prose.
(motor racing) Of a sector, lap, etc., completed in the fastest time so far in a given session.
[Verb]
(intransitive) To turn purple in colour.
(transitive) To dye purple.
(transitive) To clothe in purple.
(Can we verify(+) this sense?) (intransitive, US slang) To pursue the opposite gender in inappropriate circumstances, usually of adolescents. (From the metaphor of mixing blue [boys] and pink [girls].)

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How to pronounce “purple”

Pronunciation guide for purple

How to pronounce purple

Example Sentences

So Donna you ah-- We're going to start with "Planet Purple"

do here through this company, Purple Carrot,

The purple guys-- here, I'll actually pass these around,

And today, he's most well known for creating Purple Patch

“purple flag.”

thought we needed purple games pink

They might have that one day where they hit a purple patch.

this fall on October 16, when we'll all go purple in a stand

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