mauve

English

WOTD – 3 May 2006    

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Etymology

From French mauve, from Latin malva, ‘mallow’, which has a purple colour. First coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /mɔv/, /moʊv/, /məʊv/

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• Rhymes: -əʊv

Noun

mauve (plural mauves)

1. (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
2. The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

   mauve colour:

Quotations

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Translations

dye

colour

• Dutch: mauve (nl) n, paars (nl) n
• Estonian: kahvatulilla (et)
• Finnish: malvanväri
• French: mauve (fr) m
• Greek: μωβ (mov), ιώδες (iódhes), μαβί (maví), πορφυρό (porfiró)
• Hungarian: mályva (hu)
• Ido: malva
• Italian: malva (it)

• Japanese: モーブ色 (mōbuiro), ふじ色 (fujiiro)
• Jèrriais: lîlas
• Romanian: mov (ro) n
• Scottish Gaelic: liath-phurpur (gd) m
• Spanish: malva (es)
• Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ
• Welsh: porffor gwelw (cy) m

Adjective

mauve (comparative more mauve, superlative most mauve)

1. having a pale purple colour.

Quotations

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Translations

colour

• Dutch: mauve (nl), paars (nl)
• Estonian: kahvatulilla (et)
• Finnish: malvanvärinen
• French: mauve (fr)
• Japanese: モーブ色の (mōbuiro no), ふじ色の (fujiiro no)

• Romanian: mov (ro), liliachiu (ro)
• Russian: розовато-лиловый
• Scottish Gaelic: liath-phurpur (gd)
• Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ
• Welsh: porffor gwelw (cy)

See also

• Appendix:Colors

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mov/

Etymology 1

From Latin malva (“mallow”), which has a purple colour.

Noun

mauve f (plural mauves)

1. mallow

Noun

mauve m (plural mauves)

1. mauve

Adjective

mauve (masculine and feminine, plural mauves)

1. mauve

Etymology 2

From Middle French, from Old French mave (“mew”), from Old English mǣw (“mew, seagull”), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz (“seagull”). Related to mouette. Cognate with German Möwe (“seagull”), Danish måge (“seagull”), Icelandic mávur (“seagull”), Polish mewa (“seagull”) (from Germanic). More at mew.

Noun

mauve f (plural mauves)

1. mew, gull, seagull

Synonyms

• mouette
• goéland

Related terms

• mauviette
• mauvis

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Jèrriais

Etymology 1

From Old French mave (“mew”), from Old English mǣw (“mew, seagull”) or Old Norse már, mávar (compare Icelandic mávur), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz (“seagull”).

Noun

mauve f (plural mauves)

1. seagull, herring gull

Etymology 2

From Latin malva.

Noun

mauve f (plural mauves)

1. tree mallow (Lavatera arborea)