ultraviolet

English

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ violet.

Adjective

ultraviolet (comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)

1. of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

Translations

radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

• Catalan: ultraviolat
• Czech: ultrafialový (cs)
• Danish: ultraviolet
• Esperanto: ultraviola
• Finnish: ultravioletti (fi)
• French: ultraviolet (fr)
• Galician: ultravioleta
• German: ultraviolett (de)
• Icelandic: útfjólublátt n
• Irish: ultraivialait
• Italian: ultravioletto (it)
• Japanese: 紫外線 (ja) (しがいせん, shigaisen)
• Kazakh: ультракүлгін (ultrakülgın)
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• Macedonian: ултравиоле́тов m (ultraviolétov)
• Malay: ultraungu
• Norwegian: ultrafiolett (no)
• Persian: فرابنفش (fa) (farâbanafš)
• Polish: ultrafioletowy (pl)
• Portuguese: ultravioleta (pt)
• Russian: ультрафиоле́товый (ru) m (ulʹtrafiolétovyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: os-bhiolait
• Spanish: ultravioleta
• Swedish: ultraviolett (sv)
• Turkish: morötesi (tr)
• Welsh: uwchfioled (cy)

Noun

ultraviolet (countable and uncountable, plural ultraviolets)

1. Ultraviolet colour.

Translations

colour

• Catalan: ultraviolat m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫外 (zh) (zǐwài)

• German: Ultraviolett n
• Japanese: 紫外 (しがい, shigai)
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• Polish: ultrafiolet (pl) m
• Portuguese: ultravioleta (pt) m or f
• Russian: ультрафиоле́т (ru) (ulʹtrafiolét)
• Scottish Gaelic: os-bhiolait f

See also

• ultraviolet radiation

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French

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ violet

Adjective

ultraviolet (feminine ultraviolette, masculine plural ultraviolets, feminine plural ultraviolettes)

1. ultraviolet

Noun

ultraviolet m (plural ultraviolets)

1. ultraviolet (light)

Further reading

• “ultraviolet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.