violet
/ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/ · noun
Meaning
- A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
- A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
- The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
- Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
- The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
- Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).
- Of a violet colour.
- A female given name from English.
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A census-designated place in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana.
- An unincorporated community in Polk County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Nueces County, Texas.
- An unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia.
- A community in Loyalist, Lennox and Addington County, Ontario, Canada.
Etymology / origin
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”).
- violeta(Spanish)→
- violetinė(lt)→
- viola(Latin)→
- violette(Old French)→
- violet(Middle English)→
- violet(Middle English)→
- violet (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, der, der, cog, cog
Related words
Descendant words
- bayolet(Cebuano) (der)
- biyolet(Cebuano) (der)
- violo(Esperanto) (bor)
- വയലറ്റ്(Malayalam) (bor)
- piolōt(Marshallese) (bor)
- ไวโอเล็ต(Thai) (bor)
- vaioleti(Tokelauan) (bor)
- fioled(Welsh) (bor)
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