different between violet vs ianthine

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)

1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.

   Synonym: (historical US) rooster
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.

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• viola
• violaceous

Translations

Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

1. 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)

1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

• violetblauw
• violetbruin

Adjective

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

1. 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)

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

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

1. 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)

1. violet (plant in the genus Viola)
2. The flower of such a plant
3. violet, blue-purple (colour)
4. 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

1. violet-coloured
2. 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)

1. 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)

1. 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)

1. purple

English

Adjective

ianthine (comparative more ianthine, superlative most ianthine)

1. violet-coloured

Latin

Adjective

ianthine

1. vocative masculine singular of ianthinus