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mauve

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mauve  (mv)
n.
A moderate grayish violet to moderate reddish purple.

[French, from Old French mallow, from Latin malva; see mallow.]

mauve adj.

mauve
Adjective
light purple [Latin malva mallow]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mauvemauve - a moderate purple                    
purple, purpleness - a purple color or pigment
Adj.1.mauve - of a pale to moderate greyish violet color
chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue
Translations
mauve [məuv] adjde color malva

mauve [məuv] adjmauve

mauve [məuv] adjmauve

mauve [məuv] adjmalva inv

mauve
n / adj mauve [məuv]
(of) a pale purple colour. ligpers لَوْن بَنَفْسَجي бледоморав slézová barva; světle fialový, lila grålilla; lysviolet die Malvenfarbe μοβ malva kahvatulilla ارغوانی روشن malvanvärinen mauve אַרגָמָן बैंगनी रंग, नील-लोहित, चमकीला बैगनी रंग boja sljezova cvijeta mályvaszínű warna ungu muda ljós purpuralitur color malva ふじ色 (の) 엷은 자주색(의) rausvai violetinė spalva gaišsārti violets warna merah senduduk mauve lilla fiołkowo-różowy cor de malva mov розовато-лиловый (цвет) slezová farba bledo vijoličast prljavo roze []lila มีสีม่วงซีด; ซึ่งมีสีม่วงซีด leylâk rengi 紫紅色;淡紫色的 рожево-бузковий فالسئی màu hoa cà 紫色


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I was on what seemed to be a little lawn in a garden, surrounded by rhododendron bushes, and I noticed that their mauve and purple blossoms were dropping in a shower under the beating of the hail-stones.
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The marshes on the landward side were mauve with lavender blossom, In the distance, the red-tiled cottages nestled deep among a background of green trees and rising fields.
 
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