lavender

English

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Lavender.

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French: lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavare (“wash”) due to use of lavender in washing clothes.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlæv.ən.də/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/

Noun

lavender (countable and uncountable; plural lavenders)

1. Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
2. a pale purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.

   lavender colour:

   web lavender colour:

Hyponyms

• (plant): common lavender

Derived terms

• lavender water
• sea lavender
• spike lavender

Related terms

• launder

Translations

plant

• Catalan: espígol (ca) m
• Chinese: 薰衣草
• Czech: levandule (cs) f
• Dutch: lavendel (nl)
• Finnish: laventeli (fi)
• French: lavande (fr) f
• German: Lavendel (de) m
• Greek: λεβάντα (el) (levánta) f
• Hungarian: levendula (hu)
• Indonesian: lavender (id)

• Italian: lavanda (it) f
• Japanese: ラベンダー (rabendā)
• Malay: lavender (ms)
• Persian: استوخودوس (ostokhuddos)
• Romanian: levănțică (ro) f, lavandă (ro) f
• Russian: лаванда /lavánda/ f
• Slovene: sivka (sl) f
• Spanish: lavanda (es), espliego (es), cantueso (es), alhucema (es)
• Swahili: mrujuani (sw)
• Swedish: lavendel (sv)
• West Frisian: lavindel

colour

• Chinese: 薰衣草色
• Dutch: zacht lila
• Finnish: laventeli (fi)
• French: bleu lavande m
• German: Lavendel (de) m
• Greek: λεβάντα (el) (levánta) f
• Indonesian: lavender (id)

• Irish: lus liath (ga) m
• Italian: lavanda (it) f
• Japanese: 藤色 (ふじいろ, fujiiro)
• Romanian: violaceu (ro) n
• Spanish: lavanda (es)
• Swahili: urujuani (sw)
• Swedish: lavendelblå (sv)

See also

• Lavender on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Lavandula on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Lavandula
• Lavandula on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Lavandula
• Appendix:Colors

Adjective

lavender (comparative more lavender, superlative most lavender)

1. Having a pale purple colour.

Translations

colour

• Dutch: zacht lila (nl)
• French: lavande (fr) m and f, bleu lavande (fr)
• Japanese: 藤色の (ja) (ふじいろの, fujiiro no)

• Persian: بنفش روشن (fa) (banafsh-e roshan)
• Romanian: liliachiu (ro), violaceu (ro)