violet

See also Violet

English

Wikipedia

an African violet (plant)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvaɪlɪt/, /ˈvaɪə.lɪt/, /ˈvaɪ.ə.lɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪlɪt

Noun

violet (plural violets)

1. A bluish-purple colour.

   violet colour:

   web violet colour:

2. A fragrant plant genus with white, purple or yellow flowers.
3. Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.

Derived terms

• African violet
• dame's violet
• dog violet
• dogtooth violet
• gentian violet
• methyl violet
• shrinking violet

Translations

colour

Albanian: vjollcë (sq) Arabic: بنفسجي (ar) (banafsajiyy) Armenian: մանուշակագույն (hy) (manušakaguyn) Breton: glas-ruz Bulgarian: виолетов (bg) (violétov) m. Catalan: violeta Chinese: Mandarin: 紫色 (zh) (zǐsè), 紫羅蘭色 (zh), 紫罗兰色 (zh) (zǐluólánsè) Czech: fialový (cs) Dutch: violet (nl) Esperanto: violkoloro Estonian: kannike (et), lilla (et) Finnish: violetti (fi) French: violet (fr) Galician: violeta (gl) f. German: Violett Greek: ιόχρουν (iókhrun), βιολετί (vyoletí), μενεξεδί (menexedhí) Hungarian: ibolya (hu) Icelandic: fjólublár (is) m., fjólublá (is) f., fjólublátt (is) n. Ido: violea Irish: corcairghorm (ga)

Italian: viola (it) m. Japanese: 紫色 (ja) (むらさきいろ, murasakiiro), 菫色 (ja) (すみれいろ, sumireiro) Korean: 제비꽃 (ko) (jebikkot) Latvian: violets (lv) Low German: lila (nds), vigelett (nds) Persian: بنفش (fa) (banafš) Polish: fiolet (pl) m. Portuguese: violeta (pt) m., lilás (pt) m. Romanian: violetă (ro) f. Russian: фиолетовый (ru) (fiolétovyj) m., фиолетовый цвет (ru) (fiolétovyj cvet) m. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: лила (sh) f. Roman: lila (sh) f. Spanish: violeta (es) f. Swedish: violett (sv) Tagalog: lila (tl) Telugu: ఊదా (oodaa) Turkish: mor (tr) Vietnamese: tím (vi) Welsh: fioled (cy) f.

plant

Albanian: vjollcë (sq) Arabic: بنفسج (ar) (banafsaj) Armenian: մանուշակ (hy) (manušak) Chinese: Mandarin: 紫羅蘭 (zh), 紫罗兰 (zh) (zǐluólán), 堇菜 (zh) (jǐncài) Croatian: ljubičica (hr), ljubica (hr) Czech: fialka (cs) f. Dutch: viool, more commonly viooltje f. (its dim.), violet Esperanto: violo (eo) Finnish: orvokki (fi) French: violette (fr) f. Galician: violeta (gl) f. German: Veilchen (de) n. Hebrew: סגל (Sigahl) Hungarian: ibolya (hu) Icelandic: fjóla (is) f. Italian: viola (it) f.

Japanese: 菫 (ja) (すみれ, sumire), スミレ (ja) (sumire) Kurdish: بنه‌وشه‌ Navajo: tsédédééh Old English: æppellēaf (ang) Persian: بنفشه (fa) (banafše) Polish: fiołek (pl) m. Portuguese: violeta (pt) f. Romanian: violetă (ro) f. Russian: фиалка (ru) (fiálka) f. Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: љубичица (sh) f., љубица (sh) f. Roman: ljubičica (sh) f., ljubica (hr) Slovak: fialka (sk) f. Spanish: violeta (es) f. Swedish: viol (sv) c. Turkish: menekşe (tr)

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Indonesian: ungu (1), lili (2) Lithuanian: violetinė spalva f. (1); našlaitė f. (2)

Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

Derived terms

• ultraviolet

Translations

having a bluish-purple color

Armenian: մանուշակագույն (hy) (manušakaguyn) Dutch: violet (nl) Esperanto: violkolora German: violett (de)

Hungarian: ibolya (hu) Polish: fioletowy (pl) Portuguese: violeta (pt) Russian: фиолетовый (ru) (fiolétovyj)

Related terms

• viola
• violaceous

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Violet (color)
• Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Viola (plant)
• gentamicin
• iodine
• iodopsin
• iolite
• ionone
• saintpaulia
• adder’s tongue
• cudbear
• dame’s rocket
• rainbow
• rocket
• trout lily
• wild pansy

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Noun

violet ? (plural violetten, diminutive violetje)

1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

• violetblauw
• violetbruin

Adjective

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

1. violet-coloured

Declension

Declension of violet

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		violet	violetter
neuter singular	indefinite	violet	violetter
	definite	violette	violettere	violetste	het violetst(e)
common singular		violette	violettere	violetste	de violetste
plural		violette	violettere	violetste	de violetste
partitive		violets	violetters

See also

• (basic colors) kleur; rood, oranje, geel, groen, blauwgroen, blauw, paars, violet, roze, bruin, wit, grijs, zwart ^{(Category: nl:Colors) [edit]}

References

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

Anagrams

• vloeit

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vjɔ.lɛ/

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Noun

violet

1. purple (colour)

Adjective

violet m. (f. violette, m. plural violets, f. plural violettes)

1. purple

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Latin

Verb

violet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō