violet

CEFRA1

/ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A small plant with purple or blue flowers.

  2. 02

    noun

    A blue-purple color.

Examples

  • If you mix blue and red, you get violet.

  • This is a variety of violet.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

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5
Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.

  2. The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.

  3. A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.

More examples

In context

  • She's no shrinking violet.

  • Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth century philosopher and occultist, states that coriander, valerian, and violet are love producing herbs.

  • ‘Tom,’ he said, ‘you are looking at a crushed violet, a spent egg, a squeezed tube.’

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Origin

noun

Old French violettebor. Middle English violet English violet Inherited from Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”) + -ette. Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”).