porffor
Sounds roughly like: porr-fforr?the "o" is short, as in "pot"
IPA: /ˈpɔrfɔr/ ?
CEFR band: A1
Welsh for Adults level: Mynediad/Entry
adjective
purple in colour
Aderyn bach gydag adenydd porffor.
A little bird with purple wings.
noun
the colour purple
Porffor yw fy hoff liw.
Purple is my favourite colour.
More about porffor (click a category to expand...)
Roots?
from Latin purpura
Connections?
Englishpurple
Frenchpourpre deep crimson
Cornishpurpur purple
Irishcorcra purple
Topics and themes?
Colours
brown (brown)
coch (red)
du (black)
glas (blue)
gwyn (white)
gwyrdd (green)
llwyd (grey)
melyn (yellow)
oren (orange)
pinc (pink)
piws (purple)
Mutations
borffor?
Gwisgais i siwmper borffor.
I wore a purple jumper.
phorffor?
Mae e'n las a phorffor.
It's blue and purple.
mhorffor?
Mae hi wedi gwisgo ym mhorffor tîm pêl-droed Fiorentina.
She is dressed in the purple of the Fiorentina football team.
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