indigo
Having a deep purplish-blue colourHaving a deep purplish-blue colour
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» Jeans manufacturers make denim bluer with indigo dye.
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1 sensesHaving a deep purplish-blue colour
indigofarben
цве́та инди́гоcvéta indígo, инди́говыйindígovyj
індигоindyho
having a color between blue and violet
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
more indigo, most indigo| Comparative | more indigo Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most indigo Lesson |
regular
Word family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.