violet
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorataA plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
» If you mix blue and red, you get violet.
Wenn man Blau und Rot mischt, erhält man Violett.
Если смешать синий и красный, получится фиолетовый.
Meaning
6 sensesA plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
Veilchen
фиа́лкаfiálka
(figuratively)A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
Violett
фиоле́товыйfiolétovyj, фиоле́товый цветfiolétovyj cvet
фіоле́товийfiolétovyj
Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
(UK, dialectal)Synonym of onion (“vegetable”).
- a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
- any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
Examples
68 sentencesIf you mix blue and red, you get violet.
ruЕсли смешать синий и красный, получится фиолетовый.
deWenn man Blau und Rot mischt, erhält man Violett.
When do violets bloom?
ruКогда цветут фиалки?
My favorite flowers are carnations, daffodils, chrysanthemums, and violets.
ruМои любимые цветы — гвоздики, нарциссы, хризантемы и фиалки.
I like the color violet.
ruЯ люблю фиолетовый цвет.
deMir gefällt die Farbe Violett.
Mary is a bit of a shrinking violet.
Мері любить іноді зображати невинність.
deMaria ist ein kleines Mauerblümchen.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from LatInherited 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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Forms
plural: violetsSynonyms
11 synonyms- a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum:reddish blue