Definitions for violetˈvaɪ ə lɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
vi•o•letˈvaɪ ə lɪt(n.)
any chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, of the violet family, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers.
Category: Plants
any of various other plants, as the dogtooth violet or the African violet.
Category: Plants
the flower of any native, wild species of violet, as distinguished from the cultivated pansy: the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
Category: Plants
a reddish blue color at the opposite end of the visible spectrum from red, an effect of light with a wavelength between 400 and 450 nm.
Category: Physics
(adj.)of the color violet; reddish blue.
Origin of violet:
1300–50; ME < OF violete=viole (< L viola violet) +-ete -et
Princeton's WordNet
violet(noun)
any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers
violet, reddish blue(adj)
a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum
purple, violet, purplish(adj)
of a color intermediate between red and blue
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
violet(noun)ˈvaɪ ə lɪt
a plant with small sweet-smelling purple flowers
***African violets
violetˈvaɪ ə lɪt
a bluish-purple color
***a violet sweater
Wiktionary
violet(Noun)
A bluish-purple colour.
violet(Noun)
A fragrant plant genus with white, purple or yellow flowers.
violet(Noun)
Any of several plants that look like the plants of the genus Viola but are taxonomically unrelated to them.
violet(Adjective)
Having a bluish-purple colour.
Violet(ProperNoun)
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Origin: From violette, from Latin viola
Webster Dictionary
Violet(noun)
any plant or flower of the genus Viola, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous plants, and the flowers of many of the species are blue, while others are white or yellow, or of several colors, as the pansy (Viola tricolor)
Violet(noun)
the color of a violet, or that part of the spectrum farthest from red. It is the most refrangible part of the spectrum
Violet(noun)
in art, a color produced by a combination of red and blue in equal proportions; a bluish purple color
Violet(noun)
any one of numerous species of small violet-colored butterflies belonging to Lycaena, or Rusticus, and allied genera
Violet(noun)
dark blue, inclining to red; bluish purple; having a color produced by red and blue combined
Translations for violet
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
violet(noun)
a kind of small bluish-purple flower.
- viooltjieAfrikaans
- زَهْرَة البَنَفْسَجArabic
- теменужкаBulgarian
- violetaPortuguese (BR)
- violkaCzech
- das VeilchenGerman
- violDanish
- μενεξές, βιολέταGreek
- violetaSpanish
- kannikeEstonian
- گل بنفشهFarsi
- orvokkiFinnish
- violetteFrench
- סַגוֹלHebrew
- एक प्रकार का फूलHindi
- ljubičicaCroatian
- ibolyaHungarian
- bunga violetIndonesian
- fjólaIcelandic
- violettaItalian
- すみれJapanese
- 제비꽃속(屬)의 총칭Korean
- žibuoklėLithuanian
- vijolīteLatvian
- bunga violetMalay
- viooltjeDutch
- fiolNorwegian
- fiołekPolish
- گل بنفشهPersian
- چوڼيا، بنفشه (ګل)، بنفشه ( رنګPashto
- violetaPortuguese
- violetăRomanian
- фиалкаRussian
- fialkaSlovak
- vijolicaSlovenian
- ljubičicaSerbian
- violSwedish
- ต้นไวโอเล็ตThai
- menekşeTurkish
- 紫羅蘭Chinese (Trad.)
- фіалкаUkrainian
- بنفشي رنگUrdu
- cây hoa tímVietnamese
- 紫罗兰Chinese (Simp.)
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