violet
English edit
Etymology edit
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 edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪələt/, /ˈvaɪlət/
Audio (RP) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪlət
- Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let, vio‧let
Noun edit
violet (plural violets)
- 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.
- (figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, →OCLC, page 19:
- ‘Tom,’ he said, ‘you are looking at a crushed violet, a spent egg, a squeezed tube.’
- The colour of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
- violet:
- web violet:
- Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
- (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
- (UK dialect) Synonym of onion.
Derived terms edit
- African violet (Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia spp.)
- American dog violet (Viola conspersa)
- azo violet
- bee violet
- bird's-foot violet (Viola pedata)
- blue violet
- bog violet (Pinguicula vulgaris)
- bush violet (Barleria obtusa; Browallia spp.)
- calathian violet (Gentiana pneumonanthe)
- Canada violet, Canadian violet (Viola canadensis)
- Chinese violet (Telosma cordata)
- common violet (Viola odorata)
- crystal violet
- damask violet, dame's violet (Hesperis matronalis)
- dogtooth violet, dog's tooth violet (Erythronium spp.)
- dog violet (Hesperis matronalis)
- English violet (Viola odorata)
- false violet (Dalibarda repens)
- flame violet (Episcia spp.)
- florist's violet (Viola odorata)
- garden violet (Viola odorata)
- gentian violet
- green violet
- green-violet (Hybanthus spp., Pombalia spp.)
- halberdleaf yellow violet
- horned violet
- Lauth's violet
- long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata)
- marsh violet (Viola palustris)
- methyl violet
- Nuremberg violet
- Parma violet
- Persian violet, (Exacum affine)
- Philippine violet (Barleria cristata)
- red violet
- Selkirk's violet
- shrinking violet
- small bush violet (Barleria repens)
- star violet (Dalibarda repens)
- sweet violet (Viola odorata)
- Usambara violet
- violet bloom
- violet root rot
- violet tree (Securidaca longipedunculata
- water violet (Hottonia palustris)
- white violet (Viola alba)
- wood violet (Viola odorata)
- yellow violet
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Translations edit
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Adjective edit
violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)
- Of a violet colour.
Derived terms edit
- ultraviolet
- violet box
- violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea)
- violet cattleya (Cattleya violacea)
- violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus)
- violet gold
- violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
- violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata)
- violet noise
- violet phosphorus
- violet red
- violet red bile agar
- violet shell (Janthinidae spp.)
- violet snail(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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- violet-tip (Polygonia interrogationis)
- violet turaco (Musophaga violacea)
- violet wand
- violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis)
- violet wood (Peltogyne spp.)
- violet wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea)
Translations edit
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See also edit
- gentamicin
- iodine
- iodopsin
- iolite
- ionone
- adder’s tongue
- cudbear
- rainbow
- rocket
- trout lily
- wild pansy
white | gray, grey, silver | black |
red; crimson | orange; brown | yellow; cream |
lime green | green | mint green; dark green |
cyan; teal | azure, sky blue | blue |
violet; indigo | magenta; purple | pink |
Further reading edit
- Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Viola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Viola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- “violet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch violet, borrowed from French violet, from Latin viola (“violet”).
Adjective edit
violet (attributive violette, not comparable)
Noun edit
violet (plural violette)
See also edit
wit | grys | swart |
rooi; karmosyn | oranje; bruin | geel; room |
lemmetjie | groen | mentgroen |
siaan; teel | asuur, hemelsblou | blou |
violet; indigo | magenta; pers | pienk |
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)
- violet, a purplish colour
Derived terms edit
Adjective edit
violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)
- violet-coloured
Inflection edit
Inflection of violet | ||||
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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 edit
wit | grijs | zwart |
rood; karmijnrood | oranje; bruin | geel; roomwit |
groengeel/limoengroen | groen | |
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw | azuurblauw | blauw |
violet; indigo | magenta; paars | roze |
References edit
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
violet m (countable and uncountable, plural violets)
- (usually uncountable) purple (colour)
- (countable) mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar
Adjective edit
violet (feminine violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)
Descendants edit
- Louisiana Creole: vyolé
See also edit
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 edit
- “violet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.o.let/, [ˈu̯iɔɫ̪ɛt̪]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.o.let/, [ˈviːolet̪]
Verb edit
violet
Middle English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old French violette, from Latin viola.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
violet (uncountable)
- violet (plant in the genus Viola)
- The flower of such a plant
- violet, blue-purple (colour)
- violet-coloured cloth
Descendants edit
- English: violet
References edit
- “vī̆olet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Adjective edit
violet
Descendants edit
- English: violet
References edit
- “vī̆olet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also edit
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 edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
violet m or n (feminine singular violetă, masculine plural violeți, feminine and neuter plural violete)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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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 edit
violet n (uncountable)
Declension edit
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) violet | violetul |
genitive/dative | (unui) violet | violetului |
vocative | violetule |
Related terms edit
See also edit
alb | gri | negru |
roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
verde | verde mentă | |
cyan | bleu | albastru |
violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |
References edit
- violet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Romansch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”).
Adjective edit
violet m (feminine singular violetta, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettas)