indigo
Part of speech: noun
adj
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: 16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía). Doublet of Indic.
Inflected forms:
form: indigos
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: indigoes
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: more indigo
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most indigo
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: A purplish-blue color.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.
gloss: A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: A Southern planter has been sowing indigo and cotton together. Perhaps he contemplates raising blue cotton; and should he wa­ter the plants with nitric acid, he would probably raise gun cotton—if any.
gloss: having a deep purplish-blue colour
pos: adj
Related words: indican
indicolite
indium
indoxyl
induline
Derived words: Birdsville indigo
Chinese indigo
Eastern indigo snake
false blue indigo
false indigo
green indigo
Guatemalan indigo
hendigo
indigoberry
indigobird
indigo bird
indigo blue
indigo brown
indigo bunting
indigo carmine
Indigo child
indigo copper
indigoferous
indigogen
indigoid
indigo red
indigo snake
indigo white
indin
indium
indogen
indole
Japanese indigo
Natal indigo
wild indigo
yellow false indigo
Translations:
lang: Albanian
word: llullaq
lang: Albanian
word: vjollcë
lang: Albanian
word: indigo
lang: Albanian
word: çivit
lang: Arabic
word: نِيلِيّ
roman: nīliyy
lang: Azerbaijani
word: indiqo
lang: Bambara
word: gala
lang: Bulgarian
word: индиго
roman: indigo
lang: Catalan
word: indi
lang: Catalan
word: anyil
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 靛青
roman: diànqīng
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 靛藍 /靛蓝
roman: diànlán
lang: Czech
word: indigo
lang: Dutch
word: indigo
lang: Esperanto
word: indigo
lang: Finnish
word: indigo
lang: Finnish
word: indigonsininen
lang: French
word: indigo
lang: Galician
word: índigo
lang: Galician
word: anil
lang: German
word: Indigo
lang: Greek
word: ινδικό
roman: indikó
lang: Hebrew
word: אינדיגו
roman: índigo
lang: Hiligaynon
word: anyil
lang: Hindi
word: नील
roman: nīl
lang: Hungarian
word: indigó
lang: Indonesian
word: biru
lang: Indonesian
word: nila
lang: Irish
word: indeagó
lang: Italian
word: indaco
lang: Japanese
word: インジゴ
roman: injigo
lang: Japanese
word: 藍色
roman: aiiro
lang: Kaitag
word: ахсинекк
roman: aꭓsinekk
lang: Kapampangan
word: tayum
lang: Kapampangan
word: magingtayum
lang: Korean
word: 남빛
roman: nambit
lang: Korean
word: 쪽빛
roman: jjokbit
lang: Korean
word: 남색
roman: namsaek
lang: Latin
word: indicum
lang: Ligurian
word: éndego
lang: Macedonian
word: индиго
roman: indigo
lang: Macedonian
word: чивит
roman: čivit
lang: Malagasy
word: aika
lang: Malay
word: biru nila
lang: Maltese
word: nir
lang: Navajo
word: diłhiłgo dootłʼizh
lang: Pashto
word: نيلي
roman: nili
lang: Persian
word: نیلی
roman: nīlī
lang: Persian
word: نیلگون
roman: nīlgun
lang: Polish
word: indygo
lang: Portuguese
word: anil
lang: Portuguese
word: índigo
lang: Romanian
word: indigo
lang: Russian
word: инди́го
roman: indígo
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: guirmean
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: ìndigo
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: čìvit
lang: Spanish
word: índigo
lang: Spanish
word: añil
lang: Spanish
word: turquí
lang: Swedish
word: indigoblå
lang: Tagalog
word: indigo
lang: Tagalog
word: anyil
lang: Tajik
word: индиго
roman: indigo
lang: Tajik
word: нил
roman: nil
lang: Tajik
word: нилгун
roman: nilgun
lang: Tajik
word: нилоб
roman: nilob
lang: Tajik
word: нилобӣ
roman: nilobi
lang: Tajik
word: лоҷвард
roman: lojvard
lang: Tamil
word: கருநீலம்
roman: karunīlam
lang: Thai
word: คราม
roman: kraam
lang: Tibetan
word: རམས
roman: rams
lang: Turkish
word: indigo
lang: Turkish
word: çivit mavisi
lang: Vietnamese
word: chàm