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Webster 1913 Edition

Violet

Vi′o-let

,
Noun.
[F.
violette
a violet (cf.
violet
violet-colored), dim. of OF.
viole
a violet, L.
viola
; akin to Gr. [GREEK]. Cf.
Iodine
.]
1.
(Bot.)
Any plant or flower of the genus
Viola
, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (
Viola tricolor
).
☞ The cultivated sweet violet is
Viola odorata
of Europe. The common blue violet of the eastern United States is
Viola cucullata
; the sand, or bird-foot, violet is
Viola pedata
.
2.
The color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum.
3.
In art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color.
Mollett.
4.
(Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to
Lycaena
, or
Rusticus
, and allied genera.
Corn violet
.
See under
Corn
.
–
Dame’s violet
.
(Bot.)
See
Damewort
.
–
Dogtooth violet
.
(Bot.)
See under
Dogtooth
.
–
Water violet
(Bot.)
,
an aquatic European herb (
Hottonia palustris
) with pale purplish flowers and pinnatifid leaves.

Vi′o-let

,
Adj.
[Cf. F.
violet
. See
Violet
,
Noun.
]
Dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined.
Violet shell
(Zool.)
,
any species of Ianthina; – called also
violet snail
. See
Ianthina
.
–
Violet wood
,
a name given to several kinds of hard purplish or reddish woods, as king wood, myall wood, and the wood of the
Andira violacea
, a tree of Guiana.

Webster 1828 Edition

Violet

VI'OLET

,
Noun.
[L. viola.]
A plant and flower of the genus Viola, of many species.

Definition 2024

Violet

Violet

See also: violet

English

Proper noun

Violet

  1. A female given name.
    • 1836 Marian Dora Malet Beasley, Violet Woodville, Carey, Lea & Blanchard (1836), page 16:
      It may be as well to say, by way of parenthesis, that her real name was Violante,―at least, such was the name by which her mother had her christened. But her father thought it much too long, and said it was better to call her Violet.
    • 1972 Witi Ihimaera, Pounamu, Pounamu, Heinemann, ISBN 0868636754, page 111:
      Her Pakeha name was Violet, and everybody called her that because her Maori name was too long. And my Nanny, she was just like a violet; shy and small and hiding her face in her petals if the sun blazed too strong.
    • 2009 Barbara Kingsolver, The Lacuna, Faber and Faber, ISBN 97800571252633, page 262:
      My name is Violet Brown. - - - If I sound colorful, I am not. It's nought but a pair of names, stamped on me by two people who never met. First, my mother. She was fond of romantic novels with "Violets" in them.

Translations

French

Etymology

From violet, for a dyer or seller of purple cloth, or diminutive of viole, for a player of the viol.

Proper noun

Violet

  1. A surname​.

violet

violet

See also: Violet

English

an African violet (plant)

Noun

violet ‎(plural violets)

  1. A bluish-purple colour.
    violet colour:    
    web violet colour:    
  2. Viola, a genus of fragrant plants with white, purple or yellow flowers.
  3. Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

violet ‎(comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

  1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

Derived terms

Translations

Related terms

See also

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)
     red      green      yellow      cream      white
     crimson      magenta      teal      lime      pink
     indigo      blue      orange      gray, grey      violet
     black      purple      brown      azure, sky blue      cyan

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

violet n ‎(plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

  1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

  • violetblauw
  • violetbruin

Adjective

violet ‎(comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

  1. violet-coloured

Inflection

Inflection of violet
uninflected violet
inflected violette
comparative violetter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial violet violetter het violetst
het violetste
indefinite m./f. sing. violette violettere violetste
n. sing. violet violetter violetste
plural violette violettere violetste
definite violette violettere violetste
partitive violets violetters —

See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     rood      groen      geel      roomwit      wit
     karmijnrood      magenta      groenblauw/petrolblauw      groengeel/limoengroen      roze
     indigo      blauw      oranje      grijs      violet
     zwart      paars      bruin      azuurblauw      blauwgroen/cyaan

References

  • M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɔ.lɛ/

Noun

violet m ‎(countable and uncountable, plural violets)

  1. (usually uncountable) purple (colour)
  2. (countable) mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar

Adjective

violet m ‎(feminine singular violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)

  1. purple

Latin

Verb

violet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowing from French violet.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vi.oˈlet/

Adjective

violet m, n ‎(feminine singular violetă, masculine plural violeți, feminine and neuter plural violete)

  1. purple

Declension

Synonyms

Noun

violet n ‎(uncountable)

  1. purple (color)

Synonyms

Related terms

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowing from Old French violette, from Latin viola ‎(“violet”)

Adjective

violet m (feminine singular violetta, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettas)

  1. purple

Etymology

A 19th century flower name from violet, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier French Violette.

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