lavender

Significado (Inglés)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pale bluish purple colour, like that of the lavender flower.
3. (historical, uncountable) A kind of film stock for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

Adj

1. Having a pale purple colour.
2. Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
3. Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

Verb

To decorate or perfume with lavender.

Conceptos

lavanda

espliego

alhucema

cantueso

lavándula

Lavándula

montaraz

lavandula hembra

tomillo borriquero

lavandula

Sinónimos

pale purple

lilac

lilac-colored

violet

Lavandula

pale-purple

mauve colour

heliotrope

lavandula spica

mauve

russet

Traducciones

lavande

lavanda

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Lavendel

lavendel

lavanda

λεβάντα

espígol

alfazema

lavanta

lavendelfarben

casia

lavanda

Lavandula

bleu lavande

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈlæv.ən.də/

Etimología (Inglés)

Heredado de inglés medio: lavendre

Cognado con francés: lavande

In summary

From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“wash”) due to use of lavender in washing clothes.