# violet
## English
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”). Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA: /ˈvaɪələt/, /ˈvaɪlət/
* Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪlət
* Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let, vio‧let

### Noun

violet (plural violets)
* A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
    Synonym: (historical US) rooster
** 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160:Refreshed by their cooling bath of evening dew, the violets and other nocturnal flowers emitted a pleasant fragrance over the fields, but from the bogs and the rivulets came up now and then damp, penetrating gusts, that sent an icy chill through me.
* (figurative) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
** 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 13:‘Tom,’ he said, ‘you are looking at a crushed violet, a spent egg, a squeezed tube.’
* The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
    violet:
    web violet:
* Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
* (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
* (UK dialect) Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).

#### Derived terms

* African violet (Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia spp.)
* American dog violet (Viola conspersa)
* azo violet
* bee violet
* bird's-foot violet (Viola pedata)
* blue violet
* bog violet (Pinguicula vulgaris)
* bush violet (Barleria obtusa; Browallia spp.)
* calathian violet (Gentiana pneumonanthe)
* Canada violet, Canadian violet (Viola canadensis)
* Chinese violet (Telosma cordata)
* common violet (Viola odorata)
* crystal violet
* damask violet, dame's violet (Hesperis matronalis)
* dog's violet
* dogtooth violet, dog's tooth violet (Erythronium spp.)
* dog violet (Hesperis matronalis)
* English violet (Viola odorata)
* false violet (Dalibarda repens)
* flame violet (Episcia spp.)
* florist's violet (Viola odorata)
* garden violet (Viola odorata)
* gentian violet
* green violet
* green-violet (Hybanthus spp., Pombalia spp.)
* halberdleaf yellow violet
* Hofmann's violet
* horned violet
* Lauth's violet
* long-spurred violet (Viola rostrata)
* marsh violet (Viola palustris)
* methyl violet
* Nuremberg violet
* Ontario violet
* Parma violet
* Persian violet, (Exacum affine)
* Philippine violet (Barleria cristata)
* red violet
* Russian violet
* Selkirk's violet
* shrinking violet
* small bush violet (Barleria repens)
* southern woodland violet
* star violet (Dalibarda repens)
* sweet violet (Viola odorata)
* Usambara violet
* violet bloom
* violet root rot
* violet tree (Securidaca longipedunculata
* water violet (Hottonia palustris)
* white violet (Viola alba)
* wood violet (Viola odorata)
* yellow violet

#### Related terms

* viola
* violaceous

#### Descendants

* → Tokelauan: vaioleti, vaiolē, violē

#### Translations

    The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

### Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)
* Of a violet colour.

#### Derived terms

* ultraviolet
* violet aphid
* violet-backed starling
* violet box
* violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea)
* violet cattleya (Cattleya violacea)
* violet click beetle (Limoniscus violaceus)
* violet gold
* violet-green swallow (Tachycineta thalassina)
* violet helleborine (Epipactis purpurata)
* violet noise
* violet phosphorus
* violet red
* violet red bile agar
* violet shell (Epitoniidae spp.)
* violet snail (Epitoniidae spp.)
* violet spider conch (Lambis violacea)
* violet-tip (Polygonia interrogationis)
* violet turaco (Musophaga violacea)
* violet wand
* violet wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus damarensis)
* violet wood (Peltogyne spp.)
* violet wood-sorrel (Oxalis violacea)

#### Translations
### See also

* gentamicin
* iodine
* iodopsin
* iolite
* ionone
* adder’s tongue
* cudbear
* rainbow
* rocket
* trout lily
* wild pansy
Colors/Colours in English (layout · text) :
| red | orange | yellow | green | blue (incl. indigo; cyan, teal, turquoise) | purple / violet |
| pink (including magenta) | brown | | white | gray/grey | black |

### Further reading

* Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Viola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Viola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* “violet”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

### Anagrams

* Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch violet, borrowed from French violet, from Latin viola (“violet”).

### Adjective

violet (attributive violette, not comparable)
* violet-coloured

### Noun

violet (plural violette)
* (uncountable) violet, a purplish colour
* (botany) violet, viola
    Synonym: viooltjie

### See also

Colors in Afrikaans · kleure (layout · text) :
| wit | grys | swart |
| rooi; karmosyn | oranje; bruin | geel; room |
| lemmetjie | groen | mentgroen |
| siaan; teel | asuur, hemelsblou | blou |
| violet; indigo | magenta; pers | pienk |

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.oːˈlɛt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: vi‧o‧let
* Rhymes: -ɛt

### Noun

violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)
* violet, a purplish colour

#### Derived terms

* violetblauw
* violetbruin

### Adjective

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)
* violet-coloured

#### Declension
### See also

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

### 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

* vloeit

## French
### Etymology

From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vjɔ.lɛ/
* Audio:(file)
* Homophones: violais, violait, violaient

### Noun

violet m (countable and uncountable, plural violets)
* (usually uncountable) purple (colour)
* (countable) mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar

### Adjective

violet (feminine violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)
* purple

#### Descendants

* Louisiana Creole: vyolé

### See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text) :
| blanc | gris | noir |
| rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
| lime | vert | menthe |
| cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
| violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |

### Further reading

* “violet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯i.o.let/, [ˈu̯iɔɫ̪ɛt̪]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvi.o.let/, [ˈviːolet̪]

### Verb

violet
* third-person singular present active subjunctive of violō

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* vyolet, vyolette, violette, vyelet, vialet

### Etymology

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviːɔlɛt/, /ˈviːəlɛt/

### Noun

violet (uncountable)
* violet (plant in the genus Viola)
* The flower of such a plant
* violet, blue-purple (colour)
* violet-coloured cloth

#### Descendants

* English: violet

#### References

* “vī̆olet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

### Adjective

violet
* violet-coloured
* Made of violet-coloured cloth

#### Descendants

* English: violet

#### References

* “vī̆olet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

### See also

Colors in Middle English · coloures, hewes (layout · text) :
| whit | grey, hor | blak |
| red; cremesyn, gernet | citrine, aumbre; broun, tawne | yelow, dorry, gul; canevas |
| grasgrene | grene | |
| plunket; ewage | asure, livid | blewe, blo, pers |
| violet; inde | rose, murrey; purpel, purpur | claret |

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vi.oˈlet/

### Adjective

violet m or n (feminine singular violetă, masculine plural violeți, feminine and neuter plural violete)
* purple
    Synonym: mov

#### Usage notes

As with other color words borrowed from French, violet is often used as an invariable adjective, but this usage is proscribed by the Romanian Academy.

#### Declension
### Noun

violet n (uncountable)
* purple (color)
    Synonym: mov

#### Related terms

* violetă

### See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text) :
| alb | gri | negru |
| roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
| | verde | verde mentă |
| cyan | bleu | albastru |
| violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |

### References

* violet in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

## Romansch
### Etymology

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

### Adjective

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