violet

See also: Violet

English

an African violet (plant)

Etymology

From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”).

Pronunciation

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.

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Translations

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Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

  1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

Derived terms

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

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Noun

violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

  1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

Adjective

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

  1. violet-coloured

Inflection

Inflection of violet
uninflected violet
inflected violette
comparative violetter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial violetvioletterhet violetst
het violetste
indefinite m./f. sing. violettevioletterevioletste
n. sing. violetviolettervioletste
plural violettevioletterevioletste
definite violettevioletterevioletste
partitive violetsvioletters—

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

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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɔ.lɛ/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

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

Adjective

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

  1. purple

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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

violet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • vyolet, vyolette, violette, vyelet, vialet

Etymology

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

Noun

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

Descendants

References

Adjective

violet

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

Descendants

References

See also

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.oˈlet/

Adjective

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

  1. purple

Declension

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Noun

violet n (uncountable)

  1. purple (color)

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References

Romansch

Etymology

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

Adjective

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

  1. purple
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