magenta

See also: Magenta

English

Etymology

Named in 1859 by Edward Chambers Nicholson after the Battle of Magenta, fought earlier that year in Magenta, Lombardy. The town's name is from Latin castrum Maxentiae, "castle of Maxentius."

Pronunciation

Noun

magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)

  1. A light purple, purplish-red, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.
    web magenta (additive magenta) colour:  
    printer's magenta (subtractive magenta) colour:  
    Prismacolor magenta (original magenta) colour:  

Synonyms

Translations

Adjective

magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)

  1. having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Translations

See also

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Noun

magenta f (uncountable)

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

See also

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      negre      marró
             rosa              roig, vermell ; carmesí              taronja              groc ; crema
             verd lima              verd                           cian ; xarxet
             atzur              blau              violat ; indi              magenta ; lila, porpra

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /maːˈɣɛntaː/
  • IPA(key): /maːˈdʒɛntaː/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

Noun

magenta n (plural magenta's)

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable, comparative meer magenta, superlative meest magenta)

  1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Inflection

Inflection of magenta
uninflected magenta
inflected magenta
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial magenta
indefinite m./f. sing. magenta
n. sing. magenta
plural magenta
definite magenta
partitive magenta's

See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart      bruin
             roze              rood ; karmijnrood              oranje              geel ; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen                           blauwgroen/cyaan ; groenblauw/petrolblauw
             azuurblauw              blauw              violet ; indigo              magenta ; paars

Finnish

Noun

magenta

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Declension

Inflection of magenta (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative magenta magentat
genitive magentan magentojen
partitive magentaa magentoja
illative magentaan magentoihin
singular plural
nominative magenta magentat
accusative nom. magenta magentat
gen. magentan
genitive magentan magentojen
magentainrare
partitive magentaa magentoja
inessive magentassa magentoissa
elative magentasta magentoista
illative magentaan magentoihin
adessive magentalla magentoilla
ablative magentalta magentoilta
allative magentalle magentoille
essive magentana magentoina
translative magentaksi magentoiksi
instructive — magentoin
abessive magentatta magentoitta
comitative — magentoineen
Inflection of magenta (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation)
nominative magenta magentat
genitive magentan magentien
partitive magentaa magentia
illative magentaan magentiin
singular plural
nominative magenta magentat
accusative nom. magenta magentat
gen. magentan
genitive magentan magentien
magentainrare
partitive magentaa magentia
inessive magentassa magentissa
elative magentasta magentista
illative magentaan magentiin
adessive magentalla magentilla
ablative magentalta magentilta
allative magentalle magentille
essive magentana magentina
translative magentaksi magentiksi
instructive — magentin
abessive magentatta magentitta
comitative — magentineen

Adjective

magenta

  1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Colors in Finnish · värit (layout · text)
     valkoinen      harmaa      musta      ruskea
             vaaleanpunainen, pinkki              punainen ; verenpunainen              oranssi              keltainen ; kermankeltainen, kermanvalkoinen
             limetinvihreä              vihreä              mintunvihreä              syaani ; sinivihreä
             taivaansininen              sininen              violetti ; indigosini              magenta ; purppura

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ma.ʒɛ̃.ta/

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

See also

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

Italian

Noun

magenta m (invariable)

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable)

  1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      grigio      nero      marrone
             rosa              rosso ; cremisi              arancione              giallo ; crema
             limetta              verde                           ciano ; blu petrolio, foglia di tè
             azzurro              blu              violetto ; indaco              magenta ; viola

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈɡɛn.ta/
  • Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

Noun

magenta f

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta n, f pl, n pl

  1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)
     biały      szary      czarny      brązowy
             różowy              czerwony ; karmazyn              pomarańczowy              żółty ; beżowy
             limonkowy              zielony              miętowy ; ciemnozielony              cyjan ; morski
             błękitny              niebieski              fuksja ; indygo              magenta ; purpurowy

Portuguese

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (plural magenta, comparable)

  1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)
     branco      cinza      preto      castanho,
marrom
             rosa,
cor-de-rosa		              vermelho ; carmim              laranja,
cor-de-laranja		              amarelo ; creme
             verde-limão              verde                           ciano ; azul-petróleo
             azul céu              azul              violeta ; índigo,
anil		              magenta ; roxo

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maˈxenta/, [maˈxẽn̪t̪a]

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

  1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (plural magenta)

  1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)
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