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violet

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EnglishEdit

 
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an African violet (plant)

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”). Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”).

PronunciationEdit

vio‧let

NounEdit

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, H.L. Brækstad, transl., 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. A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata.
    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 termsEdit

terms derived from violet (noun)

Related termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

TranslationsEdit

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AdjectiveEdit

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

  1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

Derived termsEdit

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TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     white      gray, grey      black
             red; crimson              orange; brown              yellow; cream
             lime, lime green              green              mint
             cyan; teal              azure, sky blue              blue
             violet; indigo              magenta; purple              pink

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

violet (attributive violette, not comparable)

  1. violet-coloured

NounEdit

violet (plural violette)

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

See alsoEdit

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

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French violet.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

  1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived termsEdit

AdjectiveEdit

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

  1. violet-coloured

InflectionEdit

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 alsoEdit

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

ReferencesEdit

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

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. purple

DescendantsEdit

See alsoEdit

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi              orange; brun              jaune; crème
             vert citron              vert              menthe
             cyan; bleu canard              azur              bleu
             violet; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further readingEdit

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

violet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

Middle EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

NounEdit

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

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AdjectiveEdit

violet

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

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

See alsoEdit

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text)
     whit      grey, hor      blak
             red; cremesyn, gernet              citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne              yelow, dorry; canevas
             grasgrene              grene             
             plunket; ewage              asure, livid              blewe, blo, pers
             violet; inde              rose, murrey; purpel, purpur              claret

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from French violet.

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. purple
    Synonym: mov

Usage notesEdit

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.

DeclensionEdit

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

NounEdit

violet n (uncountable)

  1. purple (color)
    Synonym: mov

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)
     alb      gri      negru
             roșu; carmin              portocaliu; maro              galben; crem
                          verde             
             cyan              bleu              albastru
             violet; indigo              mov; purpură              roz

ReferencesEdit

RomanschEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

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

  1. purple
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