adj
Meaning 1
Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
magenta
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Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/
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name
Meaning 2
A town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Milan, Lombardy, Italy, site of the Battle of Magenta after which the color magenta was named.
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name
Meaning 3
A commune in Marne department, Grand Est, France, named after the Battle of Magenta.
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name
Meaning 4
A coastal locality in Central Coast council area, New South Wales, Australia.
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noun
Meaning 5
A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
of deep purplish red
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 7
a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Battle of Magenta
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Broader terms: pitched battle
noun
Meaning 8
a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: purplish red, purplish-red
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.
Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: пу́рпурны (púrpurny) — color
- Bulgarian: пу́рпурен (púrpuren) — color
- Czech: nachový — color
- Esperanto: malva — color
- Interlingua: magenta — color
- Italian: magenta — color
- Latin: rubropurpureus — color
- Māori: mākurakura — color
- Polish: magenta — color
- Russian: пу́рпу́рный (púrpúrnyj) — color
- Russian: сире́невый (sirénevyj) — color
- Russian: фукси́новый (fuksínovyj) — color
- Russian: мадже́нтовый (madžéntovyj) — color
- Ukrainian: пу́рпурний (púrpurnyj) — color
- Albanian: ngjyrues i kuq — color
- Belarusian: пу́рпурны ко́лер (púrpurny kóljer) — color
- Bulgarian: пу́рпурен цвят (púrpuren cvjat) — color
- Catalan: magenta — color
- Chinese Mandarin: 品紅 /品红 (pǐnhóng) — color
- Dutch: magenta — color
- Finnish: aniliininpunainen — color
- Finnish: magenta — color
- French: magenta — color
- Galician: maxenta — color
- Georgian: ჟოლოსფერი (žolosperi) — color
- Georgian: მოვარდისფრო-იისფერი (movardispro-iisperi) — color
- Georgian: მოიისფრო-ვარდისფერი (moiispro-vardisperi) — color
- German: Magenta — color
- Greek: ματζέντα (matzénta) — color
- Hindi: मैजेंटा (maijẽṭā) — color
- Hindi: मैजंटा (maijaṇṭā) — color
- Hungarian: bíborvörös — color
- Irish: maigeanta — color
- Japanese: 赤紫 (akamurasaki) — color
- Japanese: マジェンタ (majenta) — color
- Japanese: マゼンタ (mazenta) — color
- Korean: 자홍색 (jahongsaek) — color
- Korean: 마젠타색 (majentasaek) — color
- Lao: ສີມ່ວງແດງ (sī mūang dǣng) — color
- Malay: magenta — color
- Malay: merah lembayung — color
- Malay: merah tua — color
- Persian: سرخابی سیر (sorxâbi sir) — color
- Polish: magenta — color
- Portuguese: magenta — color
- Romanian: mov — color
- Russian: мадже́нта (madžénta) — color
- Russian: пу́рпу́рный цвет (púrpúrnyj cvet) — color
- Spanish: magenta — color
- Tamil: சென்னீலம் (ceṉṉīlam) — color
- Tatar: маҗента (macenta) — color
- Tatar: macenta — color
- Telugu: మాజెంటా (mājeṇṭā) — color
- Thai: สีม่วงแดง (sĕe mûang-daeng) — color
- Turkish: fuşya — color
- Turkish: galibarda — color
- Urdu: میجنٹا (maijaṇṭā) — color
- Vietnamese: màu đỏ sậm — color