violet

(Inglese)

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.

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈvaɪələt/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: violet

Affine lituano: violetinė

Affine spagnolo: 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.

Concetti

viola

violetta

violetto

lilla

viola mammola

mammola

plumbeo

purpureo

violaceo

porporino

color carbone

grigio piombo

grigio

violacei

oscuro

porpora

violastra

violastro

paonazzo

sinonimi

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

Traduzioni

violeta

violet

violette

violeta

violet

violett

Veilchen

violeta

fiołek

paars

viooltje

Violett

lilás

pimpelpaars

fioletowy