lavender
Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint familyAny of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
» Tom planted lavender.
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3 senses(countable, uncountable)Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
Lavendel
лава́ндаlavánda
лава́ндаlavánda
(countable, uncountable)A pale bluish purple or violet colour, like that of the lavender flower.
Lavendel
a pale purple color
(historical, uncountable)A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.
Examples
33 sentencesTom planted lavender.
Nothing grew there besides wild lavender.
ruКроме дикой лаванды, там ничего не росло. — Karok
deEs wuchs dort nichts außer wildem Lavendel. — al_ex_an_der
This new chair is lavender-blue.
Tom loves the smell of lavender.
deTom liebt Lavendelduft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Jasmine and lavender are my favorite scents.
ruЖасминовый и лавандовый — мои любимые ароматы. — Karok
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval LFrom Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.
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Forms
plural: lavendersWord family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.