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violet
English
Etymology
From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”).Cognate with Lithuanian violetin? (“purple, violet”)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?va??l?t/, /?va?l?t/, /?va???l?t/
- Rhymes: -a?l?t
- Hyphenation: vi?o?let, vio?let
Noun
violet (plural violets)
- A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
- Synonym: (historical US) rooster
- (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.’
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 19:
- A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata.
- Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
- (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
- (Britain dialect) Synonym of onion.
Derived terms
Related terms
- viola
- violaceous
Translations
Adjective
violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)
- Having a bluish-purple colour.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- gentamicin
- iodine
- iodopsin
- iolite
- ionone
- adder’s tongue
- cudbear
- rainbow
- rocket
- trout lily
- wild pansy
Further reading
- Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Viola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Viola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
- Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French violet.
Pronunciation
Noun
violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)
- violet, a purplish colour
Derived terms
- violetblauw
- violetbruin
Adjective
violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)
- violet-coloured
Inflection
See also
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
- vloeit
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vj?.l?/
- Homophones: violais, violait, violaient
Noun
violet m (countable and uncountable, plural violets)
- (usually uncountable) purple (colour)
- (countable) mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar
Adjective
violet (feminine singular violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)
- purple
See also
Further reading
- “violet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?u?i.o.let/, [?u?i????t?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?vi.o.let/, [?vi??l?t?]
Verb
violet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of viol?
Middle English
Alternative forms
- vyolet, vyolette, violette, vyelet, vialet
Etymology
From Old French violette, from Latin viola.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?vi??l?t/, /?vi??l?t/
Noun
violet (uncountable)
- violet (plant in the genus Viola)
- The flower of such a plant
- violet, blue-purple (colour)
- violet-coloured cloth
Descendants
- English: violet
References
- “v??olet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
Adjective
violet
- violet-coloured
- Made of violet-coloured cloth
Descendants
- English: violet
References
- “v??olet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.
See also
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French violet.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.o?let/
Adjective
violet m or n (feminine singular violet?, masculine plural viole?i, feminine and neuter plural violete)
- purple
- Synonym: mov
Declension
Usage notes
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.
Noun
violet n (uncountable)
- purple (color)
- Synonym: mov
Declension
Related terms
- violet?
References
- violet in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
See also
Romansch
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”)
Adjective
violet m (feminine singular violetta, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettas)
- purple
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bentorite
English
Noun
bentorite (plural bentorites)
- (mineralogy) A hard transparent violet mineral with vitreous lustre.
Further reading
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Bentorite”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “bentorite”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
Anagrams
- Robinette
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