indigo

Bedeutung (Englisch)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A purplish-blue color.
2. (countable, uncountable) An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
3. (countable, uncountable) An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).

Adj

having a deep purplish-blue colour

Konzepte

Indigo

Indigoblau

indigofarben

Indigopflanze

Pflanze

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Synonyme

indigo plant

indigotin

blue

anil

bluing

indigo blue

Indigofera tinctoria

aniline blue

indigo dye

cerulean

azure

indigo carmine

dye

light blue

Übersetzungen

indigo

indaco

índigo

añil

anil

indigo

índigo

ινδικό

indigotier

indigoblauw

anyil

Indigofera anil

indigoblauwe

indi

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Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of Indic.