paars

paars

1. plural of paar

From Middle Dutch paers, peers, pers (“purple”), from Middle 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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paars (comparative paarser, superlative meest paars or paarst)

1. purple

   Ze heeft een paarse blouse in haar kast hangen. ― She has a purple blouse hanging in her closet.

   Lavendelbloemen zijn meestal paars. ― Lavender flowers are usually purple.

   De lucht kleurde paars tijdens de zonsondergang. ― The sky turned purple during the sunset.

2. (politics, Netherlands, Belgium) relating to cooperation between liberals and social democrats of the third way [from late 20th c.]
3. (politics, Suriname) relating to the National Democratic Party
   • 2020 February 8, Naomi Hoever, “Specialist aangeklaagd na opmerking over politieke kleur [Medical specialist charged after remark on political affiliation]”, in De Ware Tijd‎, retrieved 10 June 2021:

     Edam gedraagt zich zo, omdat hij denkt dat hij onaantastbaar is vanwege zijn paars zijn.

     Mr Edam behaves this way because he thinks he is untouchable because of his being a National Democratic Party loyalist.

paars n (uncountable)

1. The colour purple.
2. (politics, Netherlands, Belgium) A coalition of third way social democrats and liberals. [from late 20th c.]
3. (politics, Suriname) the National Democratic Party
   • 2020 May 30, Naomi Hoever, “NDP'ers voelen zich verraden [NDP members feel betrayed]”, in De Ware Tijd‎, retrieved 10 June 2021:

     Paars is teruggevallen van 26 naar 16 zetels.

     The National Democratic Party dropped from 26 to 16 seats.

• → Papiamentu: püs, pis

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paars

1. third-person singular/plural future indicative of paart