Violet - Wiktionary

See also: Violet

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:violetWikipedia

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Several of the most common color words in English

Etymology

[edit] Etymology treeLatin violaOld French -etteOld French violettebor.Middle English violetEnglish violet

Inherited from Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”) + -ette. Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”).

Pronunciation

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• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/, /ˈvaɪ.lət/

• Audio (Received Pronunciation):

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• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let, vio‧let
• Rhymes: -aɪlət

Noun

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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 Asbj&oslash￵rnsen, 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.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 68:Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth century philosopher and occultist, states that coriander, valerian, and violet are love producing herbs.
2. (figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
   • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 13:‘Tom,’ he said, ‘you are looking at a crushed violet, a spent egg, a squeezed tube.’
3. The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour. 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 (“vegetable”).

Derived terms

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• 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)
• dog's violet
• 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
• Hofmann's violet
• hooded violet
• horned violet
• Lauth's violet
• long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata)
• marsh violet (Viola palustris)
• methyl violet
• Nuremberg violet
• Ontario violet
• Parma violet
• Persian violet, (Exacum affine)
• Philippine violet (Barleria cristata)
• red violet
• Russian violet
• sand violet
• Selkirk's violet
• shrinking violet
• small bush violet (Barleria repens)
• southern woodland violet
• star violet (Dalibarda repens)
• sweet violet (Viola odorata)
• Usambara violet
• violet bloom
• violet ray
• violet root rot
• violet tree (Securidaca longipedunculata)
• water violet (Hottonia palustris)
• white violet (Viola alba)
• wood violet (Viola odorata)
• yellow violet

Related terms

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• viola
• violaceous

Descendants

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• → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

Translations

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Afrikaans: violet Albanian: vjollcë (sq) Antillean Creole: vyolin, vyolé, vyolèt Arabic: بَنَفْسَجِيّ (ar) (banafsajiyy) South Levantine Arabic: بنفسجي (banáfsaji) Armenian: մանուշակագույն (hy) (manušakaguyn) Assamese: বেঙুনীয়া (beṅunia) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ m (banafša) Belarusian: фіяле́тавы (fijaljétavy) Bengali: বেগুনী (bn) (beguni) Breton: glas-ruz Bulgarian: виоле́тов цвят m (violétov cvjat), виоле́тово (bg) n (violétovo) Burmese: ခရမ်းရောင် (my) (hka.ram:raung) Catalan: violeta (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 紫色 (zh) (zǐsè), 紫羅蘭色 / 紫罗兰色 (zh) (zǐluólánsè) Czech: fialový (cs) Danish: violet (da) Dutch: violet (nl) Esperanto: violkoloro Estonian: lilla (et), violetne (et) Finnish: violetti (fi) French: violet (fr) Galician: violeta (gl) f Georgian: იისფერი (iisperi), იასამნისფერი (iasamnisperi) German: Violett (de) Greek: βιολετί (el) n (violetí) Ancient: ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs) Hungarian: ibolya (hu) Icelandic: fjólublár (is) Ido: violea (io) Irish: corcairghorm Italian: viola (it) m Japanese: 紫色 (ja) (むらさきいろ, murasakiiro), 菫色 (すみれいろ, sumireiro), 青紫 (ja) (aomurasaki) Kapampangan: kuntang, magingubi, makuntang Kazakh: күлгін (kk) (külgın) Kongo: viole Korean: 보라색 (ko) (borasaek) Lao: ມ່ວງ (mūang) Latvian: violets (lv) Lithuanian: violetinė, violetinė f Low German: lila, vigelett Malagasy: volomparasy (mg) Malay: lembayung Maori: waireti, tuapōkere Norwegian: Bokmål: fiolett (no) Nynorsk: fiolett Pashto: چوڼيا (ps) (čuṇyâ) Persian: بنفش (fa) (banafš) Polish: fiolet (pl) m Portuguese: violeta (pt) m, lilás (pt) m Romanian: violet (ro) n Russian: фиоле́товый (ru) m (fiolétovyj), фиоле́товый цвет m (fiolétovyj cvet) Rwanda-Rundi: umuhengeri Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: лѝла f, љубичаста f Roman: lìla (sh) f, ljubičasta (sh) f Spanish: violeta (es) f, violáceo (es) m Swedish: violett (sv) Tagalog: ube (tl), kulay ube Tajik: бунафш (bunafš) Talysh: vənəşə Tatar: шәмәхә (şämäxä) Telugu: ఊదా (te) (ūdā) Thai: สีม่วง (th), ไวโอเล็ต (wai-oo-lèt), ม่วง (th) (mûuang) Turkish: mor (tr), menekşe (tr), menekşe rengi (tr) Ukrainian: фіоле́товий (uk) (fiolétovyj) Urdu: ارغوانی رنگ m (arġwāni raṉg) Vietnamese: tím (vi) Welsh: fioled, rhuddlas West Frisian: fioeltsje Zazaki: mor (diq) c

plant

Abkhaz: адәыркын (adʷərkʼən) Afrikaans: viooltjie, violet Albanian: vjollcë (sq) Arabic: بَنَفْسَج (ar) (banafsaj) South Levantine Arabic: بنفسجي (banáfsaj) Aragonese: brioleta f Armenian: մանուշակ (hy) (manušak) Asturian: violeta f Azerbaijani: bənövşə (az) Bashkir: миләүшә (miləwşə) Basque: bioleta Belarusian: фія́лка f (fijálka) Bengali: গুলবনফ্‌শা (bn) (gulbônôf‌śa) Bulgarian: теменужка f (temenužka), виоле́тка f (violétka) Catalan: violeta (ca) Chechen: тобалкх (tobalq) Chinese: Mandarin: 紫羅蘭 / 紫罗兰 (zh) (zǐluólán), 堇菜 (zh) (jǐncài) Czech: fialka (cs) f Danish: viol Dutch: viool (nl), viooltje (nl) (more commonly), violet (nl) Esperanto: violo Estonian: kannike (et) Finnish: orvokki (fi) French: violette (fr) f Galician: violeta (gl) f Georgian: ია (ia) German: Veilchen (de) n Greek: μενεξές (el) m (menexés) Ancient: ἴον n (íon) Hebrew: סיגל (he) (sigal) Hindi: बनफ़्शा m (banafśā), बनफशा (hi) m (banaphśā) Hungarian: ibolya (hu) Icelandic: fjóla (is) f Italian: viola (it) f Japanese: 菫 (ja) (すみれ, sumire), スミレ (ja) (sumire) Korean: 제비꽃 (jebikkot) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بنەوشە (bnewşe) Latin: viola (la) f Macedonian: синоличка f (sinolička), темјанушка f (temjanuška) Malagasy: volomparasy (mg) Maori: waireti Mazanderani: ونوشه (vanūše) Middle Persian: wnpšk' (wanafšag) Navajo: tsédédééh Norwegian: Bokmål: fiol m Nynorsk: fiol m Occitan: violeta (oc) f Old English: æppellēaf Ottoman Turkish: منكشه (menekşe) Persian: بنفشه (fa) (banafše) Polish: fiołek (pl) m Portuguese: violeta (pt) f Romanian: violetă (ro) f, viorea (ro) f Russian: фиа́лка (ru) f (fiálka) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: љу̏бичица f, љу́бица f Latin: ljȕbičica (sh) f, ljúbica (sh) f Slovak: fialka (sk) f Spanish: violeta (es) f Swedish: viol (sv) c Tagalog: biyoleta, aleli Tat: bənöşə Tatar: миләүшә (tt) (miläwşä) Turkish: menekşe (tr) Udi: мамушӏакӏ (mamuš:aḳ) Urdu: بنفشه m Welsh: fioled f, meddyges Yiddish: פֿיאַלקע f (fyalke)

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Indonesian: (please verify) ungu (id) (1), (please verify) lili (id) (2) Lithuanian: (please verify) violetinė spalva f (1), (please verify) našlaitė (lt) f (2)

Adjective

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violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

1. Of a violet colour.

Derived terms

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• ultraviolet
• violet aphid
• violet-backed starling
• violet-bellied hummingbird
• 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 (Epitoniidae spp.)
• violet snail (Epitoniidae spp.)
• violet spider conch (Lambis violacea)
• 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] having a bluish-purple color

Armenian: մանուշակագույն (hy) (manušakaguyn) Assamese: বেঙুনীয়া (beṅunia) Belarusian: фіяле́тавы (fijaljétavy) Bengali: বেগুনি (bn) (beguni), বেগুনী (bn) (beguni) Bulgarian: виоле́тов (bg) (violétov) Catalan: violeta (ca) Czech: fialový (cs) Danish: violet (da) Dutch: violet (nl) Esperanto: violkolora (eo), viola (eo) Finnish: violetti (fi) French: violet (fr) German: violett (de) Greek: βιολετής (el) (violetís) Hindi: बनफ्शई (hi) (banaphśaī) Hungarian: ibolya (hu) Icelandic: fjólublár (is) Interlingua: violette (ia) Irish: corcairghorm, sailchuachach Italian: viola (it) Khmer: ស្វាយ (km) (svaay) Lao: ມ່ວງ (mūang) Latin: ianthinus, violaceus (la) Luxembourgish: mof Maori: tūāpōkere, tuapōkere Norwegian: fiolett (no) Occitan: violet (oc) Old English: blǣhǣwen Pashto: چوڼيا (ps) (čuṇyâ) Persian: بنفش (fa) (banafš), بنفشه‌ای (banafše-'i) Polish: fioletowy (pl) Portuguese: violeta (pt) Romanian: violet (ro) Russian: фиоле́товый (ru) (fiolétovyj) Sikkimese: རྒྱ་མུག (rgya mug) Slovak: fialový Spanish: violeta (es), violáceo (es) Swedish: violett (sv) Thai: ม่วง (th) (mûuang) Turkish: menekşe renkli Ukrainian: фіоле́товий (uk) (fiolétovyj)

See also

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• gentamicin
• iodine
• iodopsin
• iolite
• ionone
• adder’s tongue
• cudbear
• rainbow
• rocket
• trout lily
• wild pansy

Colo(u)rs in English (layout · text)
red	orange	yellow	green	blue (incl.      indigo;             cyan, teal, turquoise)	purple / violet
pink (including         magenta)	brown	white	gray/grey	black

Further reading

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• Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Viola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “violet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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• Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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violet (attributive violette, not comparable)

1. violet-coloured

Noun

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violet (plural violette)

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

See also

[edit] 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

Danish

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Etymology

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From French violet, from Latin viola.

Adjective

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violet (plural and definite singular attributive violette)

1. violet Synonym: blålilla
2. (nominalized) violet (colour)

Declension

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positive	comparative	superlative
indefinite common singular	violet	—	—2
indefinite neuter singular	violet	—	—2
plural	violette	—	—2
definite attributive1	violette	—	—

1 When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite,the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.2 The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.

See also

[edit] Colors in Danish · farver(layout · text)

hvid	grå	sort
rød; højrød, mørkerød	orange; brun	gul; flødefarvet
lime, lysegrøn	grøn, mørkegrøn	mintgrøn
cyan; turkis, lyseblå	azurblå, himmelblå	blå, mørkeblå
violet; indigo	magenta; lilla	lyserød, rosa

References

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• “violet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /vi.oːˈlɛt/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let
• Rhymes: -ɛt

Noun

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violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

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• violetblauw
• violetbruin

Adjective

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violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

1. violet-coloured

Declension

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Declension of violet
uninflected	violet
inflected	violette
comparative	violetter
positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		violet	violetter	het violetsthet 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] 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

References

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

Anagrams

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• vloeit

French

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Etymology

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From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /vjɔ.lɛ/

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• Audio (France (Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost)):

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• Homophones: violais, violait, violaient

Noun

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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

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

1. purple

Descendants

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• Louisiana Creole: vyolé

See also

[edit] Colors in French · couleurs(layout · text)

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

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• “violet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

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Pronunciation

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• (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwi.ɔ.ɫɛt]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈviː.o.let]

Verb

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violet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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• vyolet, vyolette, violette, vyelet, vialet

Etymology

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From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

Noun

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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

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• English: violet

References

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• “vī̆olet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

Adjective

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violet

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

Descendants

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• English: violet

References

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• “vī̆olet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 March 2018.

See also

[edit] Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes(layout · text)

whit	grey, hor	blak
red; cremesyn, gernet	citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne	yelow, dorry, gul; canevas
grasgrene	grene
plunket; ewage	asure, livid	blew, blo, pers
violet; inde	rose, murrey; purpel, purpur	claret

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

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• IPA(key): /vi.oˈlet/

Adjective

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

1. purple Synonym: mov

Usage notes

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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] 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

Noun

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violet n (uncountable)

1. purple (color) Synonym: mov

Declension

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singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	violet	violetul
genitive-dative	violet	violetului
vocative	violetule

Related terms

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• violetă

See also

[edit] Colors in Romanian · culori(layout · text)

alb	gri	negru
roșu; carmin	portocaliu; maro	galben; crem
	verde	verde mentă
cyan	bleu	albastru
violet; indigo	mov; purpură	roz

References

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• “violet”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2026

Romansch

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Etymology

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

Adjective

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

1. purple