mauve
English
/məʊv/, /mɔːv/
noun
Definitions
- (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye.
- The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
Etymology
Borrowed from French mauve derived from Latin malva (mallow).
Origin
Latin
malva
Gloss
mallow
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- malvin English
- mauveine English
- mauvely English
- mauveness English
- mauvine English
- mauvish English
- mauvy English
- pseudomauveine English
- malva Latin
- malva Italian
- mauve French
- мальва Russian
- malva Spanish, Castilian
- malva Portuguese
- mealwe Old English
- ـِي Arabic
- malva Catalan, Valencian
- mov Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nalbă Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- μοβ Greek (modern)
- nalbã Aromanian
- malve Friulian
- موف Hijazi Arabic
- موفي Hijazi Arabic