violet (redirected from crystal violet, gentian violet, methyl violet)

vi·o·let  (v-lt)

n.

1.

a. Any of various low-growing herbs of the genus Viola, having short-spurred, irregular flowers that are characteristically purplish-blue but sometimes yellow or white.

b. Any of several similar plants, such as the African violet.

2. The hue of the short-wave end of the visible spectrum, evoked in the human observer by radiant energy with wavelengths of approximately 380 to 420 nanometers; any of a group of colors, reddish-blue in hue, that may vary in lightness and saturation.

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[Middle English, from Old French violete, diminutive of viole, from Latin viola.]

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violet [ˈvaɪəlɪt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various temperate perennial herbaceous plants of the violaceous genus Viola, such as V. odorata (sweet (or garden) violet), typically having mauve or bluish flowers with irregular showy petals

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any other plant of the genus Viola, such as the wild pansy

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as the African violet

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same purplish-blue hue. They lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to blue; approximate wavelength range 445-390 nanometres

b.  (as adjective) a violet dress

5. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Dyeing) a dye or pigment of or producing these colours

6. (Clothing & Fashion) violet clothing dressed in violet

shrinking violet Informal a shy person

[from Old French violete a little violet, from viole, from Latin viola violet]

violet-like  adj

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	violet - any of numerous low-growing violas with small flowers viola - any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola American dog violet, Viola conspersa - violet of eastern North America having pale violet to white flowers sweet white violet, Viola blanda, white violet, woodland white violet - short-stemmed violet of eastern North America having fragrant purple-veined white flowers Canada violet, tall white violet, Viola canadensis, white violet - tall North American perennial with heart-shaped leaves and white flowers with purple streaks dog violet, heath violet, Viola canina - Old World leafy-stemmed blue-flowered violet two-eyed violet, Viola ocellata, heartsease - violet of Pacific coast of North America having white petals tinged with yellow and deep violet English violet, garden violet, sweet violet, Viola odorata - European violet typically having purple to white flowers; widely naturalized bird's-foot violet, pansy violet, Viola pedata, wood violet, Johnny-jump-up - common violet of the eastern United States with large pale blue or purple flowers resembling pansies downy yellow violet, Viola pubescens - violet of eastern North America having softly pubescent leaves and stems and clear yellow flowers with brown-purple veins long-spurred violet, Viola rostrata - violet of eastern North America having lilac-purple flowers with a long slender spur cream violet, pale violet, striped violet, Viola striata - leafy-stemmed violet of eastern North America having large white or creamy flowers faintly marked with purple hedge violet, Viola reichenbachiana, Viola sylvatica, wood violet - common European violet that grows in woods and hedgerows
	2.	violet - a variable color that lies beyond blue in the spectrum reddish blue purple, purpleness - a purple color or pigment indigo - a blue-violet color
Adj.	1.	violet - of a color intermediate between red and blue purple, purplish chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

violet [ˈvaɪəlɪt]

A. N

1. (Bot) → violeta f

2. (= colour) → violado m, violeta f

B. ADJ → violado, violeta
violet colour; violet color (US) → color m violeta

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violet [ˈvaɪəlɪt]

adj → violet(te)

n

(= colour) → violet m

(= plant) → violette f

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violet

n (Bot) → Veilchen nt; (= colour) → Violett nt

adj → violett

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violet [ˈvaɪəlɪt]

1. n (Bot) → violetta; (colour) → violetto

2. adj → violetto/a

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violet [ˈvaɪəlɪt]

1. n (Bot) → violetta; (colour) → violetto

2. adj → violetto/a

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violet

n violet [ˈvaiəlit]

1 a kind of small bluish-purple flower. viooltjie زَهْرَة البَنَفْسَج теменужка violka viol das Veilchen μενεξές, βιολέτα violeta kannike گل بنفشه orvokki violette סַגוֹל एक प्रकार का फूल ljubičica ibolya bunga violet fjóla violetta すみれ 제비꽃속(屬)의 총칭 žibuoklė vijolīte bunga violet viooltje fiol fiołek violeta violetă фиалка fialka vijolica ljubičica viol ต้นไวโอเล็ต menekşe 紫羅蘭 фіалка بنفشي رنگ cây hoa tím 紫罗兰

2 (also adjective) (of) a bluish-purple colour. violet بَنَفْسَجي виолетов fialový violet das Violett βιολετί violeta violett, violetne بنفش violetti violet סָגוֹל बैगनी, नीललेहित, जाम्ब ljubičast ibolya(szín) warna ungu fjólublár violetta すみれ色(の) 제비꽃색 violetinė spalva; violetinis violeta krāsa; violets warna ungu violet (blå)fiolett fioletowy violeta vio­let фиолетовый (цвет) fialový vijoličasta barva ljubičast violett สีม่วง menekşe rengi 藍紫色的 фіолетовий колір بنفشي رنگ کا màu tím 紫罗兰色的