mauve

Noun

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded.

Adj

Having a pale purple colour.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/məʊv/

Etymology

Borrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. Doublet of mallow. Coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.

Synonyms

violet

lilac

purple

violin

🎻

light purple

mauveine

pale purple

aniline violet

amaranth

Perkin’s mauve

lavender

mallow

Translations

mauve

paars

malva

mauve

malva

violett

μωβ

lilás

ιώδες

lilla

πορφυρό

μαβί

color malva

violet

malva