violet

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Of a bluish-purple colour.

   She wore a soft violet scarf.

2. 2
   noun

   A small wild plant with fragrant purple or blue flowers.

   Tiny violets were blooming along the edge of the path.

3. 3
   noun

   A bluish-purple colour at the far end of the visible spectrum.

   The sky deepened from blue to violet as the sun set.

4. 4
   name

   A female given name.

   They named their daughter Violet.

Common collocations

• crystal violet Noun + noun

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”) + -ette. Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”).

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