different between magenta vs violet

English

Etymology

Named in 1859 by Edward Chambers Nicholson after the Battle of Magenta, fought earlier that year in Magenta, Lombardy. The town's name is from Latin castrum Maxentiae, "castle of Maxentius."

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m??d??nt?/
• Hyphenation: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)

1. A vibrant light purple, purplish-red, reddish-purple, or pinkish purple colour obtained by mixing red and blue light (thus a secondary colour), but primary in the CMYK colour system used in printing.

Synonyms

• fuchsia
• fuchsine

Translations

Adjective

magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)

1. having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Translations

See also

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermillion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

Anagrams

• gateman, magnate, nametag

Catalan

Pronunciation

Noun

magenta f (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma????nta?/
• IPA^(key): /ma??d??nta?/
• Hyphenation: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta n (plural magenta's)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable, comparative meer magenta, superlative meest magenta)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Inflection

See also

Esperanto

Adjective

magenta (accusative singular magentan, plural magentaj, accusative plural magentajn)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m??ent?/, [?m??e?n?t??]
• Rhymes: -??ent?
• Syllabification: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Declension

Adjective

magenta

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.???.ta/

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

See also

Italian

Noun

magenta m (invariable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Anagrams

• magnate

Polish

Etymology

From English magenta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma???n.ta/
• Hyphenation: ma?gen?ta

Noun

magenta f

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Declension

Adjective

magenta

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Declension

Indeclinable.

See also

Further reading

• magenta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m????.t?/

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable, comparable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma?xenta/, [ma?x?n?.t?a]

Noun

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Adjective

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

See also

Further reading

• “magenta” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”).Cognate with Lithuanian violetin? (“purple, violet”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?va??l?t/, /?va?l?t/, /?va???l?t/
• Rhymes: -a?l?t
• Hyphenation: vi?o?let, vio?let

Noun

violet (plural violets)

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

   Synonym: (historical US) rooster
2. (figuratively) A person thought to resemble V. odorata, especially in its beauty and delicacy.
   • 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, p. 19:

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

3. A bluish-purple colour resembling that of most V. odorata.

4. Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
5. (perfumes) The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
6. (Britain dialect) Synonym of onion.

Derived terms

Related terms

• viola
• violaceous

Translations

Adjective

violet (comparative violeter, superlative violetest)

1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• gentamicin
• iodine
• iodopsin
• iolite
• ionone
• adder’s tongue
• cudbear
• rainbow
• rocket
• trout lily
• wild pansy

Further reading

• Violet (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Viola on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

• Olivet, Voitel, olivet, toivel

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

Noun

violet n (plural violetten, diminutive violetje n)

1. violet, a purplish colour

Derived terms

• violetblauw
• violetbruin

Adjective

violet (comparative violetter, superlative violetst)

1. violet-coloured

Inflection

See also

References

• M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]

Anagrams

• vloeit

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vj?.l?/
• Homophones: violais, violait, violaient

Noun

violet m (countable and uncountable, plural violets)

1. (usually uncountable) purple (colour)
2. (countable) mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar

Adjective

violet (feminine singular violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)

1. purple

See also

Further reading

• “violet” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?i.o.let/, [?u?i????t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?vi.o.let/, [?vi??l?t?]

Verb

violet

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of viol?

Middle English

Alternative forms

• vyolet, vyolette, violette, vyelet, vialet

Etymology

From Old French violette, from Latin viola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi??l?t/, /?vi??l?t/

Noun

violet (uncountable)

1. violet (plant in the genus Viola)
2. The flower of such a plant
3. violet, blue-purple (colour)
4. violet-coloured cloth

Descendants

• English: violet

References

• “v??olet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

Adjective

violet

1. violet-coloured
2. Made of violet-coloured cloth

Descendants

• English: violet

References

• “v??olet, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-30.

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French violet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.o?let/

Adjective

violet m or n (feminine singular violet?, masculine plural viole?i, feminine and neuter plural violete)

1. purple

   Synonym: mov

Declension

Usage notes

As with other color words borrowed from French, violet is often used as an invariable adjective, but this usage is proscribed by the Romanian Academy.

Noun

violet n (uncountable)

1. purple (color)

   Synonym: mov

Declension

Related terms

• violet?

References

• violet in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

See also

Romansch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”)

Adjective

violet m (feminine singular violetta, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettas)

1. purple