Meaning
1 sensesHaving a pale purple colour.
розовато-лиловыйrozovato-lilovyj, мальвовыйmalʹvovyj
More definitions
- of a pale to moderate greyish violet color
Examples
3 sentencesHeather flowers are usually mauve.
Mauve was initially called "Tyrian purple."
Among the paintings of Claude Monet is one titled "Lilac Irises" and another called "Iris Mauve."
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
colour:
Origin
Borrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. DoubleBorrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. Doublet of mallow. Coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.
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Forms
mauver/more mauve, mauvest/most mauve| Comparative | mauver / more mauve Lesson |
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| Superlative | mauvest / most mauve Lesson |
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Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form