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English

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an African violet (plant)

Etymology

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Latin viola
Old French -ette
Old French violettebor.
Middle English violet
English violet

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

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    Noun

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    violet (plural violets)

    2. 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.
      • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 68:
        Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth century philosopher and occultist, states that coriander, valerian, and violet are love producing herbs.
    3. (figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
    4. 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:  
    5. Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
    6. (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
    7. (UK dialect) Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).

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    • → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

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    Adjective

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    violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

    1. Of a violet colour.

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    Colo(u)rs in English (layout · text)
         white              gray/grey      black
                 red              orange, brown              yellow
                 green              cyan, teal, turquoise              blue
                 indigo              purple, violet              pink, magenta

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    Afrikaans

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    Etymology

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

    Adjective

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    violet (attributive violette, not comparable)

    1. violet-coloured

    Noun

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    violet (plural violette)

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

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    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

    Danish

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    Etymology

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    From French violet, from Latin viola.

    Adjective

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    violet (plural and definite singular attributive violette)

    1. violet
      Synonym: blålilla
    2. (nominalized) violet (colour)

    Declension

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    Inflection of violet
    positive comparative superlative
    indefinite common singular violet — —2
    indefinite neuter singular violet — —2
    plural violette — —2
    definite attributive1 violette — —

    1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,
    the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
    2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

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    Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
         hvid      grå      sort
                 rød; højrød, mørkerød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
                 lime, lysegrøn              grøn, mørkegrøn              mintgrøn
                 cyan; turkis, lyseblå              azurblå, himmelblå              blå, mørkeblå
                 violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød, rosa

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    Dutch

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from French violet.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /vi.oːˈlɛt/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let
    • Rhymes: -ɛt

    Noun

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    violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

    1. violet, a purplish colour

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    Adjective

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    violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

    1. violet-coloured

    Declension

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    Declension 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 —

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    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

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    • 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

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    Etymology

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

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    Noun

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    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

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

    1. purple

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    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

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    Verb

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    violet

    1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

    Middle English

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

      Noun

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      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

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      violet

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

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      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              blew, blo, pers
                   violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

      Occitan

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      Adjective

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      violet m (feminine singular violeta, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violetas)

      1. purple

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      • Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2026, page 734

      Romanian

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      Etymology

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        Borrowed from French violet.

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        Adjective

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

        1. purple
          Synonym: mov

        Usage notes

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        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

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        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

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        violet n (uncountable)

        1. purple (color)
          Synonym: mov

        Declension

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        singular only indefinite definite
        nominative-accusative violet violetul
        genitive-dative violet violetului
        vocative violetule
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        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; trandafiriu (poetic)

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        Etymology

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

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

        1. purple
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