violet

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English[edit]

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an African violet (plant)

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”). Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

violet (plural violets)

  1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
    Synonym: (historical US) rooster
    • 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160:
      Refreshed by their cooling bath of evening dew, the violets and other nocturnal flowers emitted a pleasant fragrance over the fields, but from the bogs and the rivulets came up now and then damp, penetrating gusts, that sent an icy chill through me.
  2. (figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
  3. The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
    violet:  
    web violet:  
  4. Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
  5. (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
  6. (UK dialect) Synonym of onion.

Derived terms[edit]

terms derived from violet (noun)

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

Translations[edit]

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Adjective[edit]

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

  1. Of a violet colour.

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Translations[edit]

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Colors/Colours in English (layout · text)
             red          orange              yellow              green              blue (incl.      indigo;
             cyan, teal, turquoise) 		             purple / violet
         pink (including
         magenta) 		         brown      white              grey/gray      black

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch violet, borrowed from French violet, from Latin viola (“violet”).

Adjective[edit]

violet (attributive violette, not comparable)

  1. violet-coloured

Noun[edit]

violet (plural violette)

  1. (uncountable) violet, a purplish colour
  2. (botany) violet, viola
    Synonym: viooltjie

See also[edit]

Colors in Afrikaans · kleure (layout · text)
     wit      grys      swart
             rooi; karmosyn              oranje; bruin              geel; room
             lemmetjie              groen              mentgroen
             siaan; teel              asuur, hemelsblou              blou
             violet; indigo              magenta; pers              pienk

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

  1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms[edit]

Adjective[edit]

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

  1. violet-coloured

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of violet
uninflected violet
inflected violette
comparative violetter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial violet violetter het violetst
het violetste
indefinite m./f. sing. violette violettere violetste
n. sing. violet violetter violetste
plural violette violettere violetste
definite violette violettere violetste
partitive violets violetters —

See also[edit]

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

References[edit]

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

violet m (countable and uncountable, plural violets)

  1. (usually uncountable) purple (colour)
  2. (countable) mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar

Adjective[edit]

violet (feminine violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)

  1. purple

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

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Latin[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

violet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

Middle English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

Noun[edit]

violet (uncountable)

  1. violet (plant in the genus Viola)
  2. The flower of such a plant
  3. violet, blue-purple (colour)
  4. violet-coloured cloth

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Adjective[edit]

violet

  1. violet-coloured
  2. Made of violet-coloured cloth

Descendants[edit]

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See also[edit]

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

violet m or n (feminine singular violetă, masculine plural violeți, feminine and neuter plural violete)

  1. purple
    Synonym: mov

Usage notes[edit]

As with other color words borrowed from French, violet is often used as an invariable adjective, but this usage is proscribed by the Romanian Academy.

Declension[edit]

Declension of violet
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite violet violetă violeți violete
definite violetul violeta violeții violetele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite violet violete violeți violete
definite violetului violetei violeților violetelor

Noun[edit]

violet n (uncountable)

  1. purple (color)
    Synonym: mov

Declension[edit]

declension of violet (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) violet violetul
genitive/dative (unui) violet violetului
vocative violetule

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)
     alb      gri      negru
             roșu; carmin              portocaliu; maro              galben; crem
                          verde              verde mentă
             cyan              bleu              albastru
             violet; indigo              mov; purpură              roz

References[edit]

Romansch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”).

Adjective[edit]

violet m (feminine singular violetta, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettas)

  1. purple
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