adj
Meaning 1
Of a violet colour.
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Standard Lemma guide
violet
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪ.lət/
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CMU ARPABET: V AY1 AH0 L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: V AY1 L IH0 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from English.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States:
A census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Nueces County, Texas.
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 8
A community in Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
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noun
Meaning 9
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
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Synonyms: rooster
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noun
Meaning 10
A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
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Usage: figuratively
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noun
Meaning 11
The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
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noun
Meaning 12
Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
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noun
Meaning 13
The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
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Qualifier: perfumes
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noun
Meaning 14
Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).
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Usage: UK, dialectal
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adjective satellite
Meaning 15
of a color intermediate between red and blue
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Synonyms: purple, purplish
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noun
Meaning 16
a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
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Synonyms: reddish blue
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Broader terms: purple, purpleness
Narrower terms: indigo
noun
Meaning 17
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
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Broader terms: viola
Narrower terms: American dog violet, Viola conspersa, sweet white violet, white violet, woodland white violet, Viola blanda, Canada violet, tall white violet, Viola canadensis, dog violet, heath violet, Viola canina, two-eyed violet, heartsease, Viola ocellata, sweet violet, garden violet, English violet, Viola odorata, bird's-foot violet, pansy violet, Johnny-jump-up, wood violet, Viola pedata, downy yellow violet, Viola pubescens, long-spurred violet, Viola rostrata, pale violet, striped violet, cream violet, Viola striata, hedge violet, Viola sylvatica, Viola reichenbachiana
History
Etymology
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”) + -ette. Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”).
A 19th century flower name from violet, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier French Violette.
Across languages
Translations
252 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: մանուշակագույն (manušakaguyn) — having a bluish-purple color
- Assamese: বেঙুনীয়া (beṅunia) — having a bluish-purple color
- Belarusian: фіяле́тавы (fijaljétavy) — having a bluish-purple color
- Bengali: বেগুনি (beguni) — having a bluish-purple color
- Bengali: বেগুনী (beguni) — having a bluish-purple color
- Bulgarian: виоле́тов (violétov) — having a bluish-purple color
- Catalan: violeta — having a bluish-purple color
- Czech: fialový — having a bluish-purple color
- Danish: violet — having a bluish-purple color
- Dutch: violet — having a bluish-purple color
- Esperanto: violkolora — having a bluish-purple color
- Esperanto: viola — having a bluish-purple color
- Finnish: violetti — having a bluish-purple color
- French: violet — having a bluish-purple color
- German: violett — having a bluish-purple color
- Greek: βιολετής (violetís) — having a bluish-purple color
- Hindi: बनफ्शई (banaphśaī) — having a bluish-purple color
- Hungarian: ibolya — having a bluish-purple color
- Icelandic: fjólublár — having a bluish-purple color
- Interlingua: violette — having a bluish-purple color
- Irish: corcairghorm — having a bluish-purple color
- Irish: sailchuachach — having a bluish-purple color
- Italian: viola — having a bluish-purple color
- Khmer: ស្វាយ (svaay) — having a bluish-purple color
- Lao: ມ່ວງ (mūang) — having a bluish-purple color
- Latin: ianthinus — having a bluish-purple color
- Latin: violaceus — having a bluish-purple color
- Luxembourgish: mof — having a bluish-purple color
- Māori: tūāpōkere — having a bluish-purple color
- Māori: tuapōkere — having a bluish-purple color
- Norwegian: fiolett — having a bluish-purple color
- Occitan: violet — having a bluish-purple color
- Old English: blǣhǣwen — having a bluish-purple color
- Pashto: چوڼيا (čuṇyâ) — having a bluish-purple color
- Persian: بنفش (banafš) — having a bluish-purple color
- Persian: بنفشهای (banafše-'i) — having a bluish-purple color
- Polish: fioletowy — having a bluish-purple color
- Portuguese: violeta — having a bluish-purple color
- Romanian: violet — having a bluish-purple color
- Russian: фиоле́товый (fiolétovyj) — having a bluish-purple color
- Sikkimese: རྒྱ་མུག (rgya mug) — having a bluish-purple color
- Slovak: fialový — having a bluish-purple color
- Spanish: violeta — having a bluish-purple color
- Spanish: violáceo — having a bluish-purple color
- Swedish: violett — having a bluish-purple color
- Thai: ม่วง (mûuang) — having a bluish-purple color
- Turkish: menekşe renkli — having a bluish-purple color
- Ukrainian: фіоле́товий (fiolétovyj) — having a bluish-purple color
- Belarusian: Віялета (Vijaljeta) — female given name
- Bulgarian: Виолета (Violeta) — female given name
- Chinese Cantonese: 維奧莉 /维奥莉 (wai4 ou3 lei6) — female given name
- Danish: Viola — female given name
- Finnish: Orvokki — female given name
- Finnish: Viola — female given name
- French: Violette — female given name
- Greek: Ιόνη (Ióni) — female given name
- Greek: Ιολάνθη (Iolánthi) — female given name
- Hebrew: סִיגָלִית — female given name
- Hungarian: Ibolya — female given name
- Hungarian: Viola — female given name
- Icelandic: Vióletta — female given name
- Icelandic: Víóletta — female given name
- Italian: Viola — female given name
- Italian: Violetta — female given name
- Japanese: 菫 (sumire) — female given name
- Macedonian: Виолета (Violeta) — female given name
- Mapudungun: Calfuray — female given name
- Norwegian: Viola — female given name
- Polish: Wioleta — female given name
- Polish: Wioletta — female given name
- Portuguese: Violeta — female given name
- Romanian: Violeta — female given name
- Russian: Виолетта (Violetta) — female given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Виолета — female given name
- Serbo-Croatian: Violeta — female given name
- Spanish: Violeta — female given name
- Swedish: Viola — female given name
- Afrikaans: violet — colour
- Albanian: vjollcë — colour
- Antillean Creole: vyolin — colour
- Antillean Creole: vyolé — colour
- Antillean Creole: vyolèt — colour
- Arabic: بَنَفْسَجِيّ (banafsajiyy) — colour
- Arabic: بنفسجي (banáfsaji) — colour
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ (banafša) — colour
- Armenian: մանուշակագույն (manušakaguyn) — colour
- Assamese: বেঙুনীয়া (beṅunia) — colour
- Azerbaijani: bənövşəyi — colour
- Belarusian: фіяле́тавы (fijaljétavy) — colour
- Bengali: বেগুনী (beguni) — colour
- Breton: glas-ruz — colour
- Bulgarian: виоле́тов цвят (violétov cvjat) — colour
- Bulgarian: виоле́тово (violétovo) — colour
- Burmese: ခရမ်းရောင် (hka.ram:raung) — colour
- Catalan: violeta — colour
- Chinese Mandarin: 紫色 (zǐsè) — colour
- Chinese Mandarin: 紫羅蘭色 /紫罗兰色 (zǐluólánsè) — colour
- Czech: fialový — colour
- Danish: violet — colour
- Dutch: violet — colour
- Esperanto: violkoloro — colour
- Estonian: lilla — colour
- Estonian: violetne — colour
- Finnish: violetti — colour
- French: violet — colour
- West-Frisian: fioeltsje — colour
- Galician: violeta — colour
- Georgian: იისფერი (iisperi) — colour
- Georgian: იასამნისფერი (iasamnisperi) — colour
- German: Violett — colour
- Greek: βιολετί (violetí) — colour
- Ancient Greek: ἰοειδής (ioeidḗs) — colour
- Hungarian: ibolya — colour
- Icelandic: fjólublár — colour
- Ido: violea — colour
- Irish: corcairghorm — colour
- Italian: viola — colour
- Japanese: 紫色 (murasakiiro) — colour
- Japanese: 菫色 (sumireiro) — colour
- Japanese: 青紫 (aomurasaki) — colour
- Kapampangan: kuntang — colour
- Kapampangan: magingubi — colour
- Kapampangan: makuntang — colour
- Kazakh: күлгін (külgın) — colour
- Kongo: viole — colour
- Korean: 보라색 (borasaek) — colour
- Lao: ມ່ວງ (mūang) — colour
- Latvian: violets — colour
- Lithuanian: violetinė — colour
- Lithuanian: violetinė — colour
- Low German: lila — colour
- Low German: vigelett — colour
- Malagasy: volomparasy — colour
- Malay: lembayung — colour
- Māori: waireti — colour
- Māori: tuapōkere — colour
- Norwegian Bokmål: fiolett — colour
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fiolett — colour
- Pashto: چوڼيا (čuṇyâ) — colour
- Persian: بنفش (banafš) — colour
- Polish: fiolet — colour
- Portuguese: violeta — colour
- Portuguese: lilás — colour
- Romanian: violet — colour
- Russian: фиоле́товый (fiolétovyj) — colour
- Russian: фиоле́товый цвет (fiolétovyj cvet) — colour
- Rwanda-Rundi: umuhengeri — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: лѝла — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: љубичаста — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: lìla — colour
- Serbo-Croatian: ljubičasta — colour
- Spanish: violeta — colour
- Spanish: violáceo — colour
- Swedish: violett — colour
- Tagalog: ube — colour
- Tagalog: kulay ube — colour
- Tajik: бунафш (bunafš) — colour
- Talysh: vənəşə — colour
- Tatar: шәмәхә (şämäxä) — colour
- Telugu: ఊదా (ūdā) — colour
- Thai: สีม่วง — colour
- Thai: ไวโอเล็ต (wai-oo-lèt) — colour
- Thai: ม่วง (mûuang) — colour
- Turkish: mor — colour
- Turkish: menekşe — colour
- Turkish: menekşe rengi — colour
- Ukrainian: фіоле́товий (fiolétovyj) — colour
- Urdu: ارغوانی رنگ (arġwāni raṉg) — colour
- Vietnamese: tím — colour
- Welsh: fioled — colour
- Welsh: rhuddlas — colour
- Zazaki: mor (diq) — colour
- Abkhaz: адәыркын (adwərkʼən) — plant
- Afrikaans: viooltjie — plant
- Afrikaans: violet — plant
- Albanian: vjollcë — plant
- Arabic: بَنَفْسَج (banafsaj) — plant
- Arabic: بنفسجي (banáfsaj) — plant
- Aragonese: brioleta — plant
- Armenian: մանուշակ (manušak) — plant
- Asturian: violeta — plant
- Azerbaijani: bənövşə — plant
- Bashkir: миләүшә (miləwşə) — plant
- Basque: bioleta — plant
- Belarusian: фія́лка (fijálka) — plant
- Bengali: গুলবনফ্শা (gulbônôfśa) — plant
- Bulgarian: теменужка (temenužka) — plant
- Bulgarian: виоле́тка (violétka) — plant
- Catalan: violeta — plant
- Chechen: тобалкх (tobalq) — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 紫羅蘭 /紫罗兰 (zǐluólán) — plant
- Chinese Mandarin: 堇菜 (jǐncài) — plant
- Czech: fialka — plant
- Danish: viol — plant
- Dutch: viool — plant
- Dutch: viooltje — plant
- Dutch: violet — plant
- Esperanto: violo — plant
- Estonian: kannike — plant
- Finnish: orvokki — plant
- French: violette — plant
- Galician: violeta — plant
- Georgian: ია (ia) — plant
- German: Veilchen — plant
- Greek: μενεξές (menexés) — plant
- Ancient Greek: ἴον (íon) — plant
- Hebrew: סיגל (sigal) — plant
- Hindi: बनफ़्शा (banafśā) — plant
- Hindi: बनफशा (banaphśā) — plant
- Hungarian: ibolya — plant
- Icelandic: fjóla — plant
- Italian: viola — plant
- Japanese: 菫 (sumire) — plant
- Japanese: スミレ (sumire) — plant
- Korean: 제비꽃 (jebikkot) — plant
- Central Kurdish: بنەوشە (bnewşe) — plant
- Latin: viola — plant
- Macedonian: синоличка (sinolička) — plant
- Macedonian: темјанушка (temjanuška) — plant
- Malagasy: volomparasy — plant
- Māori: waireti — plant
- Mazanderani: ونوشه (vanūše) — plant
- Navajo: tsédédééh — plant
- Norwegian Bokmål: fiol — plant
- Norwegian Nynorsk: fiol — plant
- Occitan: violeta — plant
- Old English: æppellēaf — plant
- Persian: بنفشه (banafše) — plant
- Middle Persian: wnpšk' (wanafšag) — plant
- Polish: fiołek — plant
- Portuguese: violeta — plant
- Romanian: violetă — plant
- Romanian: viorea — plant
- Russian: фиа́лка (fiálka) — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: љу̏бичица — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: љу́бица — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: ljȕbičica — plant
- Serbo-Croatian: ljúbica — plant
- Slovak: fialka — plant
- Spanish: violeta — plant
- Swedish: viol — plant
- Tagalog: biyoleta — plant
- Tagalog: aleli — plant
- Tat: bənöşə — plant
- Tatar: миләүшә (miläwşä) — plant
- Turkish: menekşe — plant
- Ottoman Turkish: منكشه (menekşe) — plant
- Udi: мамушӏакӏ (mamuš:aḳ) — plant
- Urdu: بنفشه — plant
- Welsh: fioled — plant
- Welsh: meddyges — plant
- Yiddish: פֿיאַלקע (fyalke) — plant
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