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violet

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See also: Violet

English

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an African violet (plant)

Etymology

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  • Etymology tree
    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”). Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”). Doublet of viola.

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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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    terms derived from violet (noun)
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    Descendants

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    • → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

    Translations

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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)
                 red          orange              yellow              green              blue (incl.      indigo;
                 cyan, teal, turquoise)     		             purple / violet
             pink (including
             magenta)     		         brown      white              gray/grey      black

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    Anagrams

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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/
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    • 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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    Pronunciation

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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

    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 and neuter plural violete)

    1. purple
      Synonym: mov

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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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    Declension of violet
    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

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    Romansch

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    Etymology

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

    Adjective

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

    1. purple
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