ultravioleta

Galician

Adjective

ultravioleta m or f (plural ultravioletas)

1. ultraviolet

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Latin ūls

Proto-Indo-European *-teros?

Latin -ter

Old Latin -ād

Latin -ā

Latin ultrālbor.

Portuguese ultra-

Old Occitan violabor.

Old Galician-Portuguese viola

Portuguese viola

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Italic *-tosder.?

Latin -ittus

Old French -ete

Middle French -ettebor.

Old Galician-Portuguese -eta

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Italian -ettainflu.

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French -etteinflu.

Portuguese -eta

Portuguese violeta

Portuguese ultravioleta

From ultra- (“ultra-; beyond”) + violeta (“violet”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌuw.tɾa.vi.oˈle.tɐ/ [ˌuʊ̯.tɾa.vɪ.oˈle.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌuw.tɾa.vjoˈle.tɐ/ [ˌuʊ̯.tɾa.vjoˈle.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌuw.tɾa.vi.oˈle.tɐ/ [ˌuʊ̯.tɾa.vɪ.oˈle.tɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˌuw.tɾa.vjoˈle.tɐ/ [ˌuʊ̯.tɾa.vjoˈle.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌuw.tɾa.vi.oˈle.ta/ [ˌuʊ̯.tɾa.vɪ.oˈle.ta], (faster pronunciation) /ˌuw.tɾa.vjoˈle.ta/ [ˌuʊ̯.tɾa.vjoˈle.ta]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌul.tɾɐ.vjuˈle.tɐ/ [ˌuɫ.tɾɐ.vjuˈle.tɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌul.tɾɐ.vjuˈle.tɐ/ [ˌuɫ.tɾɐ.vjuˈle.tɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌul.tɾɐ.bjuˈle.tɐ/ [ˌuɫ.tɾɐ.βjuˈle.tɐ]

• Hyphenation: ul‧tra‧vi‧o‧le‧ta

Adjective

ultravioleta m or f (plural ultravioletas, not comparable)

1. ultraviolet (having wavelength from 380nm to 10nm)

Noun

ultravioleta m (plural ultravioletas)

1. ultraviolet colour

Coordinate terms

• raio gama, raio X, espectro visível, infravermelho, raio T, micro-onda, onda de rádio

Further reading

• “ultravioleta”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “ultravioleta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌultɾabjoˈleta/ [ˌul̪.t̪ɾa.β̞joˈle.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ul‧tra‧vio‧le‧ta

Adjective

ultravioleta m or f (masculine and feminine plural ultravioletas)

1. ultraviolet

See also

• ultrarrojo

Further reading

• “ultravioleta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025