indigo

See also índigo, Indigo, and indīgo

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Spanish indico, Portuguese indigo, or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek Ἰνδικὸν (“Indian dye”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"In.dI%g@U/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/, X-SAMPA: /"IndI%goU/

Noun

indigo (countable and uncountable; plural indigos or indigoes)

1. A purplish-blue colour

   indigo colour:

   web indigo colour:

   • 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, The Dust of Conflict^[1]:

     The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.

2. An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (the indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.

Derived terms

indigo bird indigo blue

indigo bunting indigo snake

indium

Related terms

indican indicolite

indium indoxyl

induline

Translations

colour

• Albanian: llullaq (sq), vjollcë (sq)
• Azeri: indiqo (az)
• Bulgarian: индиго (bg) (indigo) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靛青 (cmn) (diànqīng), 靛藍 (cmn), 靛蓝 (cmn) (diànlán)

• Czech: indigo (cs) n
• Dutch: indigo (nl) n
• Esperanto: indigo (eo)
• Finnish: indigo (fi), indigonsininen (fi)
• French: indigo (fr) m
• German: Indigo (de) n
• Greek: ινδικό (el) (indikó) m
• Hungarian: indigó (hu)
• Indonesian: biru (id), nila (id)
• Italian: indaco (it) m

• Japanese: インジゴ (ja) (injigo), 藍色 (ja) (あいいろ, aiiro)
• Korean: 남빛 (ko) (nambich), 쪽빛 (ko) (jjogbich)
• Latin: indicum (la) m
• Malagasy: aika (mg)
• Malay: biru nila (ms)
• Navajo: yágo dootłʼizh
• Polish: indygo (pl)
• Portuguese: anil (pt), indigo (pt) m
• Romanian: indigo (ro) m
• Russian: индиго (ru) (indígo) n
• Spanish: índigo (es) m, añil (es) m
• Tagalog: indigo (tl), anyil (tl)
• Turkish: indigo (tr), çivit mavisi (tr)
• Vietnamese: cây chàm (vi), chàm (vi)

dye

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靛青 (cmn) (diànqīng), 靛藍 (cmn), 靛蓝 (cmn) (diànlán)

• Finnish: indigo (fi), indigokarmiiniväri (fi)
• French: indigo (fr) m
• German: Indigo (de) m
• Italian: indaco (it) m

• Japanese: インジゴ (ja) (injigo), 藍色 (ja) (あいいろ, aiiro)
• Polish: indygo (pl)
• Russian: индиго (ru) (indígo) n
• Spanish: índigo (es) m, añil (es) m
• Turkish: indigo (tr)

Adjective

indigo

1. Having a deep blue colour.

Translations

colour

• Arabic: نيلي (ar) (niiliy)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 靛藍 (cmn), 靛蓝 (cmn) (diànlán), 靛青 (cmn) (diànqīng)

• Dutch: indigo (nl), indigoblauw, indigoblauwe
• Esperanto: indiga (eo)
• Finnish: indigonsininen (fi)
• French: indigo (fr)
• German: indigofarben (de)

• Italian: indaco m/f
• Japanese: インジゴ (ja) (indigo), 藍色 (ja) (あいいろ , aiiro)
• Korean: 남색 [藍色] (namsæk), 남빛 (nambit), 쪽빛 (jjokbit)
• Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)
• Persian: نیلی (fa) (nili)
• Russian: цвета индиго (ru) (cvéta indígo)
• Spanish: índigo, añil

See also

anil aniline baptisia tinctoria

rainbow Saxon blue Appendix:Colors

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Pronunciation

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Noun

indigo n (plural indigo's)

1. The colour indigo.

Adjective

indigo (invariable, comparative meer indigo, superlative meest indigo)

1. indigo-coloured.

Declension

Declension of indigo

		positive
predicative/adverbial		indigo
neuter singular	indefinite	indigo
	definite	indigo
common singular		indigo
plural		indigo
partitive		indigo's

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Verb

indigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of indigere