violet
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
ipa: /ˈvaɪ.lət/
rhymes: -aɪlət
Forms: form: violets
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”). Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”). Doublet of viola.
Senses: examples: text: 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.
ref: 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 160:
text: Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth century philosopher and occultist, states that coriander, valerian, and violet are love producing herbs.
ref: 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 68:
synonyms: word: rooster
glosses: A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
examples: text: ‘Tom,’ he said, ‘you are looking at a crushed violet, a spent egg, a squeezed tube.’
ref: 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 13:
glosses: A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
glosses: The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
glosses: Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
qualifier: perfumes
glosses: The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
glosses: Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).
synonyms: word: onion
extra: vegetable
Synonyms: word: fuchsia
word: indigo
word: magenta
word: purple
word: rose
word: thistle
word: ultraviolet
word: violet
Hypernyms: word: color
word: hue
word: pigment
Derived terms: sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
english: Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia spp.
translation: Streptocarpus sect. Saintpaulia spp.
word: African violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola conspersa
word: American dog violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: azo violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: bee violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola pedata
word: bird's-foot violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: blue violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Pinguicula vulgaris
word: bog violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
english: Barleria obtusa; Browallia spp.
translation: Barleria obtusa; Browallia spp.
word: bush violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Gentiana pneumonanthe
word: calathian violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Canada violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola canadensis
word: Canadian violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Telosma cordata
word: Chinese violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola odorata
word: common violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: crystal violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: damask violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Hesperis matronalis
word: dame's violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: dog's violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: dogtooth violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Erythronium spp.
word: dog's tooth violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Hesperis matronalis
word: dog violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola odorata
word: English violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Dalibarda repens
word: false violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Episcia spp.
word: flame violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola odorata
word: florist's violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola odorata
word: garden violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: gentian violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: green violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Pombalia spp.
word: green-violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: halberdleaf yellow violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Hofmann's violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: hooded violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: horned violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Lauth's violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola rostrata
word: long-spurred violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola palustris
word: marsh violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: methyl violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Nuremberg violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Ontario violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Parma violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Persian violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Barleria cristata
word: Philippine violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: red violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Russian violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: sand violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Selkirk's violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: shrinking violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Barleria repens
word: small bush violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: southern woodland violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Dalibarda repens
word: star violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola odorata
word: sweet violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: Usambara violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: violet bloom
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: violet root rot
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Securidaca longipedunculata
word: violet tree
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Hottonia palustris
word: water violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola alba
word: white violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
taxonomic: Viola odorata
word: wood violet
sense: terms derived from violet (noun)
word: yellow violet
Related terms: word: viola
word: violaceous
word: eggplant
word: lavender
word: orchid
word: plum
word: red
word: orange
word: yellow
word: green
word: blue
word: white