ultraviolet

English

Etymology

ultra- +‎ violet

Adjective

ultraviolet (comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)

of electromagnetic radiation beyond (higher in frequency than) light visible to the human eye; radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

Translations

radiation with wavelengths from 380 nanometre - 10 nanometre

Catalan: ultraviolat
Czech: ultrafialový (cs)
Danish: ultraviolet
Esperanto: ultraviola
Finnish: ultravioletti (fi)
French: ultraviolet (fr)
Galician: ultravioleta
German: ultraviolett (de)
Icelandic: útfjólublátt n
Irish: ultraivialait
Italian: ultravioletto (it)
Japanese: 紫外線 (しがいせん, shigaisen)

Macedonian: ултравиолетов m (ultraviolétov)
Malay: ultraungu
Norwegian: ultrafiolett (no)
Persian: فرابنفش‎‎ (fa) (farâbanafš)
Polish: ultrafioletowy (pl)
Portuguese: ultravioleta (pt)
Russian: ультрафиоле́т (ru) m (ulʹtrafiolét)
Scottish Gaelic: os-bhiolait
Spanish: ultravioleta
Swedish: ultraviolett (sv)
Welsh: uwchfioled (cy)

Noun

ultraviolet (countable and uncountable, plural ultraviolets)

Ultraviolet colour.

Translations

colour

Catalan: ultraviolat m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紫外 (zh) (zǐwài)
German: Ultraviolett n
Japanese: 紫外 (しがい, shigai)

Polish: ultrafiolet (pl) m
Portuguese: ultravioleta (pt) m, f
Russian: ультрафиоле́товый (ru) (ulʹtrafiolétovyj)
Scottish Gaelic: os-bhiolait f

See also

ultraviolet radiation

French

Etymology

From ultra- +‎ violet

Adjective

ultraviolet (feminine singular ultraviolette, masculine plural ultraviolets, feminine plural ultraviolettes)

ultraviolet

Noun

ultraviolet m (plural ultraviolets)

ultraviolet (light)

Further reading

“ultraviolet” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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