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Definitions and meaning of violet

violet

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪələt/, /ˈvaɪlət/
• Rhymes: -aɪlət
• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let, vio‧let

Noun

violet (plural violets)

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

   Synonym: (historical US) rooster
3. (figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
4. The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.

5. Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
6. (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
7. (UK dialect) Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).

Derived terms

Related terms

• viola
• violaceous

Descendants

• → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

Translations

Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

1. Of a violet 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
• Category:Viola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “violet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Adjective

violet (attributive violette, not comparable)

1. violet-coloured

Noun

violet (plural violette)

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

   Synonym: viooltjie

See also

Danish

Etymology

From French violet, from Latin viola.

Adjective

violet (plural and definite singular attributive violette)

1. violet

   Synonym: blålilla

2. (nominalized) violet (colour)

Declension

See also

References

• “violet” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.oːˈlɛt/
• Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let
• Rhymes: -ɛt

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

Declension

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɔ.lɛ/
• 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 violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)

1. purple

Descendants

• Louisiana Creole: vyolé

See also

Further reading

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

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Verb

violet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vyolet, vyolette, violette, vyelet, vialet

Etymology

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

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

• “vī̆olet, 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

• “vī̆olet, 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.oˈlet/

Adjective

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

1. purple

   Synonym: mov

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.

Declension

Noun

violet n (uncountable)

1. purple (color)

   Synonym: mov

Declension

Related terms

• violetă

See also

References

• “violet”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

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

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