múrice
Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin mūricem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾiθe/ [ˈmu.ɾi.θe] (Spain)
- IPA(key): /ˈmuɾise/ [ˈmu.ɾi.se] (Latin America, Philippines)
- Rhymes: -uɾiθe (Spain)
- Rhymes: -uɾise (Latin America, Philippines)
- Syllabification: mú‧ri‧ce
Adjective
múrice m or f (masculine and feminine plural múrices)
- (poetic) Tyrian purple
Noun
múrice f (plural múrices)
- purple dye murex (Murex brandaris)
- (poetic) Tyrian purple
Further reading
- “múrice”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024