violet

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

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪələt/, /ˈvaɪlət/, /ˈvaɪɵ̞lɪt/

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• Rhymes: -aɪlɪt
• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let

violet (plural violets)

1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
2. (figuratively) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 19:

     ‘Tom,’ he said, ‘you are looking at a crushed violet, a spent egg, a squeezed tube.’

3. A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata.

   violet colour:  

   web violet colour:  

4. Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
5. (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
6. (Britain dialectal) Synonym of onion.

• (flower): rooster (historical US)

• viola
• violaceous

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

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

• Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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• Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel

Borrowed from French violet.

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violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

1. violet, a purplish colour

• violetblauw
• violetbruin

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

1. violet-coloured

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

• vloeit

• IPA^(key): /vjɔ.lɛ/

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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

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

1. purple

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

violet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

• vyolet, vyolette, violette, vyelet, vialet

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

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

• English: violet

• “vī̆olet (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

violet

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

• English: violet

• “vī̆olet (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Borrowed from French violet.

• IPA^(key): /vi.oˈlet/

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

1. purple

   Synonym: mov

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.

violet n (uncountable)

1. purple (color)

   Synonym: mov

• violetă

• violet in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

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

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

1. purple