different between ultraviolet vs ultramarine

English

Etymology

From ultra- +? violet.

Adjective

ultraviolet (comparative more ultraviolet, superlative most ultraviolet)

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

Translations

Noun

ultraviolet (countable and uncountable, plural ultraviolets)

1. Ultraviolet colour.

Translations

See also

• ultraviolet radiation

French

Etymology

From ultra- +? violet

Adjective

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

1. ultraviolet

Noun

ultraviolet m (plural ultraviolets)

1. ultraviolet (light)

Further reading

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French ultraviolet.

Adjective

ultraviolet m or n (feminine singular ultraviolet?, masculine plural ultraviole?i, feminine and neuter plural ultraviolete)

1. ultraviolet

Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ultr?mar?nus, from ultr? + mar?nus. May be decomposed as ultra- +? marine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l.t??.m???i?n/
• Rhymes: -i?n

Noun

ultramarine (countable and uncountable, plural ultramarines)

1. A brilliant blue pigment that is either extracted from mineral deposits or made synthetically; traditionally made from ground-up lapis lazuli.
2. A brilliant pure dark blue or slightly purplish colour.

Translations

Adjective

ultramarine (comparative more ultramarine, superlative most ultramarine)

1. Of a brilliant blue colour.
2. Beyond the sea.
   • 1769, Edmund Burke, Observations on a Late State of the Nation, fourth edition, London: J. Dodsley, pages 10–11:

     If the war is carried on in the colonies, he [George Grenville] tells them that the lo?s of her [France’s] ultramarine dominions le??ens her expences, and en?ures her remittances […]

Translations

See also

• (blues) blue; Alice blue, aqua, aquamarine, azure, baby blue, beryl, bice, bice blue, blue green, blue violet, blueberry, cadet blue, Cambridge blue, cerulean, cobalt blue, Copenhagen blue, cornflower, cornflower blue, cyan, dark blue, Dodger blue, duck-egg blue, eggshell blue, electric-blue, gentian blue, ice blue, lapis lazuli, light blue, lovat, mazarine, midnight blue, navy, Nile blue, Oxford blue, peacock blue, petrol blue, powder blue, Prussian blue, robin's-egg blue, royal blue, sapphire, saxe blue, slate blue, sky blue, teal, turquoise, ultramarine, Wedgwood blue, zaffre ^{(Category: en:Blues)}

French

Adjective

ultramarine

1. feminine singular of ultramarin

German

Adjective

ultramarine

1. inflection of ultramarin:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Adjective

ultramarine

1. feminine plural of ultramarino