violet
Middle English
/ˈviːɔlɛt/
noun
Definitions
- violet plant in the genus Viola
- The flower of such a plant
- violet, blue-purple colour
- violet-coloured cloth
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French violette derived from Latin viola (violet, violet flower, a violet).
Origin
Latin
viola
Gloss
violet, violet flower, a violet
Kanji
紫
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Viola English
- nonviolet English
- starviolet English
- ultraviolet English
- violet English
- violet carpenter bee English
- violetear English
- violetish English
- violetlike English
- violetness English
- violetward English
- Viola Finnish
- Violantes Latin
- viola Latin
- violaceus Latin
- Viola Italian
- viola Italian
- violette French
- fiol Norwegian Bokmål
- Viola Swedish
- fiol Norwegian Nynorsk
- Yolande Old French
- viole Old French
- violette Old French
- viola Catalan, Valencian
- vioară Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- ไวโอเล็ต Thai
- bayolet Cebuano
- vîol Middle High German
- violet Romansh
- piolōt Marshallese