violet

See also Violet

English

Wikipedia

an African violet (plant)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvaɪlɪt/, /ˈvaɪə.lɪt/, /ˈvaɪ.ə.lɪt/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -aɪlɪt

Noun

violet (plural violets)

1. A bluish-purple colour.

   violet colour:

   web violet colour:

2. Viola, a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.
3. Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.

Derived terms

• African violet
• dame's violet
• dog violet
• dogtooth violet
• gentian violet
• methyl violet
• shrinking violet

Translations

colour

• Albanian: vjollcë (sq)
• Arabic: بنفسجي (ar) (banafsajiyy)
• Armenian: մանուշակագույն (hy) (manušakaguyn)
• Breton: glas-ruz (br)
• Bulgarian: виолетов (bg) (violétov) m
• Catalan: violeta (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫色 (cmn) (zǐsè), 紫羅蘭色 (cmn), 紫罗兰色 (cmn) (zǐluólánsè)

• Czech: fialový (cs)
• Dutch: violet (nl)
• Esperanto: violkoloro (eo)
• Estonian: kannike (et), lilla (et)
• Finnish: violetti (fi)
• French: violet (fr)
• Galician: violeta (gl) f
• German: Violett (de)
• Greek: ιόχρουν (el) (iókhrun), βιολετί (el) (vyoletí), μενεξεδί (el) (menexedhí)
• Hungarian: ibolya (hu)
• Icelandic: fjólublár (is)
• Ido: violea (io)
• Irish: corcairghorm (ga)

• Italian: viola (it) m
• Japanese: 紫色 (ja) (むらさきいろ, murasakiiro), 菫色 (ja) (すみれいろ, sumireiro)
• Korean: 제비꽃 (ko) (jebikkot)
• Latvian: violets (lv)
• Low German: lila (nds), vigelett (nds)
• Malagasy: volomparasy (mg)
• Persian: بنفش (fa) (banafš)
• Polish: fiolet (pl) m
• Portuguese: violeta (pt) m, lilás (pt) m
• Romanian: violetă (ro) f
• Russian: фиолетовый (ru) (fiolétovyj) m, фиолетовый цвет (ru) (fiolétovyj cvet) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: лила (sh) f

  Roman: lila (sh) f

• Spanish: violeta (es) f
• Swedish: violett (sv)
• Tagalog: lila (tl)
• Telugu: ఊదా (te) (oodaa)
• Turkish: mor (tr)
• Vietnamese: tím (vi)
• Welsh: fioled (cy) f

plant

• Albanian: vjollcë (sq)
• Arabic: بنفسج (ar) (banafsaj)
• Armenian: մանուշակ (hy) (manušak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紫羅蘭 (cmn), 紫罗兰 (cmn) (zǐluólán), 堇菜 (cmn) (jǐncài)

• Czech: fialka (cs) f
• Dutch: viool (nl), (more commonly) viooltje (nl), violet (nl)
• Esperanto: violo (eo)
• Finnish: orvokki (fi)
• French: violette (fr) f
• Galician: violeta (gl) f
• Georgian: ია (ka) (ia)
• German: Veilchen (de) n
• Hebrew: סגל (he) (Sigahl)
• Hungarian: ibolya (hu)
• Icelandic: fjóla (is) f
• Italian: viola (it) f

• Japanese: 菫 (ja) (すみれ, sumire), スミレ (ja) (sumire)
• Kurdish:

  Sorani: بنه‌وشه‌

• Malagasy: volomparasy (mg)
• Navajo: tsédédééh
• Old English: æppellēaf (ang)
• Persian: بنفشه (fa) (banafše)
• Polish: fiołek (pl) m
• Portuguese: violeta (pt) f
• Romanian: violetă (ro) f
• Russian: фиалка (ru) (fiálka) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: љубичица (sh) f, љубица (sh) f

  Latin: ljubičica (sh) f, ljubica (sh)

• Slovak: fialka (sk) f
• Spanish: violeta (es) f
• Swedish: viol (sv) c
• Turkish: menekşe (tr)

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• Indonesian: ungu (id) (1), lili (id) (2)
• Lithuanian: violetinė spalva (lt) f (1), našlaitė (lt) f (2)

Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

Derived terms

• ultraviolet

Translations

having a bluish-purple color

• Armenian: մանուշակագույն (hy) (manušakaguyn)
• Dutch: violet (nl)
• Esperanto: violkolora (eo)
• German: violett (de)

• Hungarian: ibolya (hu)
• Polish: fioletowy (pl)
• Portuguese: violeta (pt)
• Russian: фиолетовый (ru) (fiolétovyj)

Related terms

• viola
• violaceous

See also

• Appendix:Colors
• Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Violet (color)
• Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Viola (plant)
• gentamicin
• iodine
• iodopsin
• iolite
• ionone
• saintpaulia
• adder’s tongue
• cudbear
• dame’s rocket
• rainbow
• rocket
• trout lily
• wild pansy

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Noun

violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje)

1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

• violetblauw
• violetbruin

Adjective

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

1. violet-coloured

Declension

Declension of violet

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		violet	violetter
neuter singular	indefinite	violet	violetter
	definite	violette	violettere	violetste	violetst, violetste
common singular		violette	violettere	violetste	violetste
plural		violette	violettere	violetste	violetste
partitive		violets	violetters

See also

• (basic colors) kleur; rood, oranje, geel, groen, blauwgroen, blauw, paars, violet, roze, bruin, wit, grijs, zwart ^{(Category: nl:Colors)}

References

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

Anagrams

• vloeit

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vjɔ.lɛ/

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Noun

violet

1. purple (colour)

Adjective

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

1. purple

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Latin

Verb

violet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

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Romansch

Etymology

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

Adjective

violet m f violetta, m plural violets, f plural violettas)

1. purple