English

Noun

mauve ‎(plural mauves)

1. (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
2. The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

   mauve colour:

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mauve.

Translations

Adjective

mauve ‎(comparative mauver or more mauve, superlative mauvest or most mauve)

1. Having a pale purple colour.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:mauve.

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mov/

Etymology 1

From Latin malva ‎(“mallow”), which has a purple colour.

Noun

mauve f ‎(plural mauves)

1. mallow

Noun

mauve m ‎(plural mauves)

1. mauve

Adjective

mauve m, f ‎(plural mauves)

1. mauve

Etymology 2

From Middle French, from Old French mave ‎(“mew”), from Old English mǣw ‎(“mew, seagull”), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz ‎(“seagull”). Related to mouette. Cognate with German Möwe ‎(“seagull”), Danish måge ‎(“seagull”), Icelandic mávur ‎(“seagull”), Polish mewa ‎(“seagull”) (from Germanic). More at mew.

Noun

mauve f ‎(plural mauves)

1. mew, gull, seagull

Synonyms

• mouette
• goéland

Related terms

• mauviette
• mauvis

Norman

Etymology 1

From Old French mave ‎(“mew”), from Old English mǣw ‎(“mew, seagull”) or Old Norse már, mávar (compare Icelandic mávur), from Proto-Germanic *maihwaz, *maiwaz ‎(“seagull”).

Noun

mauve f ‎(plural mauves)

1. (Jersey) seagull, herring gull

Alternative forms

• mâove (continental Normandy)
• maoue (Guernsey)

Etymology 2

From Latin malva.

Noun

mauve f ‎(plural mauves)

1. (Jersey) tree mallow (Malva arborea, syn. Lavatera arborea}}

Synonyms

• mauve dé gardîn
• grand' mauve
• maûvi