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) Scottish Gaelic: liath-phurpur (gd) m. Spanish: malva (es) Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ

Adjective

mauve (comparative more mauve, superlative most mauve)

1. having a pale purple colour.

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

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) Russian: розовато-лиловый Scottish Gaelic: liath-phurpur (gd) Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ

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 (epicene, plural mauves)

1. mauve

Etymology 2

From Middle French, from Old French mave (“mew”), from Old English mǣw (“mew, seagull”), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz (“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

Noun

mauve

1. seagull