indigo
A purplish-blue colorA purplish-blue color.
» Jeans manufacturers make denim bluer with indigo dye.
papabear · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A purplish-blue color.
a blue-violet color
(countable, uncountable)A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
a blue dye obtained from plants or made synthetically
(countable, uncountable)A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
Indigo
инди́гоindígo
(countable, uncountable)An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
Examples
8 sentencesJeans manufacturers make denim bluer with indigo dye.
I had never seen an indigo bunting until I moved here.
I can't remove the indigo dye in my hair!
I'm not able to remove the indigo dye in my hair!
A rainbow consists of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
ruРадуга состоит из красного, оранжевого, желтого, зеленого, голубого, синего и фиолетового. — afyodor
Translations
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Origin
16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portugues16th 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.
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Forms
plural: indigos / indigoesSynonyms
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1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable