violet

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English

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an African violet (plant)

Etymology

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

Noun

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

terms derived from violet (noun)

Related terms

Descendants

  • → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

Translations

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Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

  1. Of a violet colour.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Adjective

violet (attributive violette, not comparable)

  1. violet-coloured

Noun

violet (plural violette)

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

See also

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

Noun

violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

  1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

Adjective

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

  1. violet-coloured

Inflection

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

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

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

Anagrams

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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

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

  1. purple

Descendants

See also

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

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

violet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

Noun

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

Descendants

References

Adjective

violet

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

Descendants

References

See also

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

Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. purple
    Synonym: mov

Usage notes

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

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

violet n (uncountable)

  1. purple (color)
    Synonym: mov

Declension

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

See also

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

Romansch

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. purple
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