violet

(Englisch)

Noun

1. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
2. (figuratively) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
3. The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
4. Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
5. The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
6. (UK, dialectal) Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).

Adj

Of a violet colour.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈvaɪələt/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: violet

Verwandt mit Litauisch: violetinė

Verwandt mit Spanisch: violeta

In summary

Etymology tree
Latin viola
Old French -ette
Old French violettebor.
Middle English violet
English violet
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”). Doublet of viola.

Konzepte

violett

Veilchen

Violett

lila

Lila

veilchenblau

violette

purpur

hellbraun

karmesinrot

Stiefmütterchen

magenta

Purpur

purpurfarben

Magenta

bleifarben

blaurot <lila>

blaurot

Synonyme

purple

lilac

mauve

magenta

viola

purplish

purpure

pansy

reddish blue

purplish-blue color

crimson

violetta

heartsease

lavender

livid

red

violaceous

violin

🎻

pale purple

purplish-blue

Übersetzungen

violeta

viola

violette

violet

violeta

violet

violetta

violeta

fiołek

viooltje

paars

lilás

pimpelpaars

fioletowy

morado