paars

From Middle Dutch paers, peers, pers (“purple”), from French pers (“blue-grey, dark violet”), from Medieval Latin persus, persum (“dark blue”). Possibly derived from either Latin Persae (“Persians”), Persia (“Persia”), referring to the colour of a garment, or from Late Latin persica (“peach”), referring to the colour of peach blossom.[1]

• Rhymes: -aːrs
• IPA^(key): /paːrs/

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• Hyphenation: paars

paars (comparative paarser, superlative meest paars or paarst)

1. purple
2. (politics) relating to cooperation between liberals and social democrats of the third way [from late 20th c.]

• bruinpaars
• pimpelpaars

paars n (uncountable)

1. The colour purple.
2. (politics) A coalition of third way social democrats and liberals. [from late 20th c.]

• spaar

paars

1. 3rd person singular future indicative form of paart
2. 3rd person plural future indicative form of paart