lila

See also Lila

Catalan

Adjective

lila m, f (masculine and feminine plural liles)

1. lilac

Noun

lila m (plural liles)

1. lilac

See also

• (basic colors) color; blanc, blau, gris, groc, lila, marró, negre, porpra, roig, rosa, taronja, verd, vermell, violat ^{(Category: ca:Colors)}

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• lila

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Etymology 1

From French lilas, from lilacs, the plural of lilac "shrub of genus Syringa with mauve flowers", from Spanish lilac, from Arabic (lilak), from Persian (lilak), variant of (nilak) "bluish", from (nil) "indigo", of unknown origin (compare Sanskrit nilah "dark blue")

Noun

lila n (plural lila's, diminutive lilaatje)

1. lilac (color)

Adjective

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

1. lilac

Declension

Declension of lila

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

Derived terms

• donkerlila n & adjective
• lila-achtig (adjective)
• lilablauw n & adjective
• lilabruin n & adjective
• lilakleurig
• lichtlila n & adjective

See also

• indigo
• mauve
• paars, purper
• violet

Etymology 2

Unknown, possibly oriental

Alternative forms

• lilla

Noun

lila ? (plural lila's, diminutive lilaatje)

1. A small, even shoulder-portable type of (colonial?) field gun, notably used in the East Indies

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Finnish

Adjective

lila (comparative lilempi or lilampi, superlative lilin or liloin)

1. Alternative form of liila.

Declension

Declension of lila (type kala) singular plural nominative lila lilat genitive lilan lilojen lilain1 partitive lilaa liloja accusative lila lilan lilat inessive lilassa liloissa elative lilasta liloista illative lilaan liloihin adessive lilalla liloilla ablative lilalta liloilta allative lilalle liloille essive lilana liloina translative lilaksi liloiksi instructive – liloin abessive lilatta liloitta comitative – liloine 1) Rare.

Noun

lila

1. Alternative form of liila.

Declension

Declension of lila (type kala) singular plural nominative lila lilat genitive lilan lilojen lilain1 partitive lilaa liloja accusative lila lilan lilat inessive lilassa liloissa elative lilasta liloista illative lilaan liloihin adessive lilalla liloilla ablative lilalta liloilta allative lilalle liloille essive lilana liloina translative lilaksi liloiksi instructive – liloin abessive lilatta liloitta comitative – liloineen 1) Rare.

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German

Adjective

lila

1. colored lilac, purple, violet

Related terms

• Lila n

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈlilɒ/
• Hyphenation: li‧la

Adjective

lila (comparative lilább, superlative leglilább)

1. colored purple, violet

Derived terms

• lilahagyma

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Spanish

Etymology

From French lilac, from Arabic ليلك (līlak), from Persian نیلک (nilak), from نیل (nil, “dark blue”), ultimately from Sanskrit नीला (“dark blue”)

Noun

lila f (plural lilas)

1. (botany) a lilac shrub
2. a lilac's flower

Adjective

lila m and f (plural lilas)

1. colored lilac, purple, violet

See also

• morado

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

lila

1. lilac (color)

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Volapük

Noun

lila

1. genitive singular form of lil