This is a variety of violet.
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Violet
//ˈvaɪ.ə.lət//
Synonyms for "violet" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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6 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
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2 entriesTranslations
251 translations across 97 languages.
Abkhaz
1 entries- адәыркын noun (plant)
Afrikaans
3 entries- violet noun (colour)
- violet noun (plant)
- viooltjie noun (plant)
Albanian
2 entries- vjollcë noun (colour)
- vjollcë noun (plant)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- ἰοειδής noun (colour)
- ἴον noun (plant)
Antillean Creole
3 entries- vyolin noun (colour)
- vyolèt noun (colour)
- vyolé noun (colour)
Arabic
4 entries- بنفسجي noun (colour)
- بنفسجي noun (plant)
- بَنَفْسَج noun (plant)
- بَنَفْسَجِيّ noun (colour)
Aragonese
1 entries- brioleta noun (plant)
Armenian
3 entries- մանուշակագույն adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- մանուշակ noun (plant)
- մանուշակագույն noun (colour)
Assamese
2 entries- বেঙুনীয়া adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- বেঙুনীয়া noun (colour)
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
1 entries- ܒܵܢܲܦ̮ܫܵܐ noun (colour)
Asturian
1 entries- violeta noun (plant)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- bənövşə noun (plant)
Bashkir
1 entries- миләүшә noun (plant)
Basque
1 entries- bioleta noun (plant)
Belarusian
4 entries- фіяле́тавы adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Віялета name (female given name)
- фія́лка noun (plant)
- фіяле́тавы noun (colour)
Bengali
4 entries- বেগুনি adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- বেগুনী adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- গুলবনফ্শা noun (plant)
- বেগুনী noun (colour)
Breton
1 entries- glas-ruz noun (colour)
Bulgarian
4 entries- виоле́тов adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Виолета name (female given name)
- виоле́тка noun (plant)
- виоле́тов цвят noun (colour)
Burmese
1 entries- ခရမ်းရောင် noun (colour)
Catalan
3 entries- violeta adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- violeta noun (colour)
- violeta noun (plant)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- بنەوشە noun (plant)
Chechen
1 entries- тобалкх noun (plant)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 維奧莉 /维奥莉 name (female given name)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 堇菜 noun (plant)
- 紫羅蘭 /紫罗兰 noun (plant)
- 紫羅蘭色 /紫罗兰色 noun (colour)
- 紫色 noun (colour)
Czech
3 entries- fialový adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- fialka noun (plant)
- fialový noun (colour)
Danish
4 entries- violet adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Viola name (female given name)
- viol noun (plant)
- violet noun (colour)
Dutch
4 entries- violet adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- violet noun (colour)
- violet noun (plant)
- viool noun (plant)
Esperanto
4 entries- viola adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- violkolora adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- violkoloro noun (colour)
- violo noun (plant)
Estonian
3 entries- kannike noun (plant)
- lilla noun (colour)
- violetne noun (colour)
Finnish
4 entries- violetti adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Orvokki name (female given name)
- Viola name (female given name)
- orvokki noun (plant)
French
4 entries- violet adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Violette name (female given name)
- violet noun (colour)
- violette noun (plant)
Galician
2 entries- violeta noun (colour)
- violeta noun (plant)
Georgian
3 entries- ია noun (plant)
- იასამნისფერი noun (colour)
- იისფერი noun (colour)
German
3 entries- violett adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Veilchen noun (plant)
- Violett noun (colour)
Greek
4 entries- βιολετής adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Ιολάνθη name (female given name)
- Ιόνη name (female given name)
- βιολετί noun (colour)
Hebrew
2 entries- סִיגָלִית name (female given name)
- סיגל noun (plant)
Hindi
3 entries- बनफ्शई adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- बनफशा noun (plant)
- बनफ़्शा noun (plant)
Hungarian
4 entries- ibolya adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Ibolya name (female given name)
- Viola name (female given name)
- ibolya noun (colour)
Icelandic
4 entries- fjólublár adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Vióletta name (female given name)
- Víóletta name (female given name)
- fjóla noun (plant)
Ido
1 entries- violea noun (colour)
Interlingua
1 entries- violette adj (having a bluish-purple color)
Irish
3 entries- corcairghorm adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- sailchuachach adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- corcairghorm noun (colour)
Italian
4 entries- viola adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Viola name (female given name)
- Violetta name (female given name)
- viola noun (colour)
Japanese
4 entries- 菫 name (female given name)
- スミレ noun (plant)
- 紫色 noun (colour)
- 菫 noun (plant)
Kapampangan
3 entries- kuntang noun (colour)
- magingubi noun (colour)
- makuntang noun (colour)
Kazakh
1 entries- күлгін noun (colour)
Khmer
1 entries- ស្វាយ adj (having a bluish-purple color)
Kongo
1 entries- viole noun (colour)
Korean
2 entries- 보라색 noun (colour)
- 제비꽃 noun (plant)
Lao
2 entries- ມ່ວງ adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- ມ່ວງ noun (colour)
Latin
3 entries- ianthinus adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- violaceus adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- viola noun (plant)
Latvian
1 entries- violets noun (colour)
Lithuanian
2 entries- violetinė noun (colour)
- violetinė noun (colour)
Low German
2 entries- lila noun (colour)
- vigelett noun (colour)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- mof adj (having a bluish-purple color)
Macedonian
3 entries- Виолета name (female given name)
- синоличка noun (plant)
- темјанушка noun (plant)
Malagasy
2 entries- volomparasy noun (colour)
- volomparasy noun (plant)
Malay
1 entries- lembayung noun (colour)
Mapudungun
1 entries- Calfuray name (female given name)
Mazanderani
1 entries- ونوشه noun (plant)
Middle Persian
1 entries- wnpšk' (wanafšag) noun (plant)
Māori
4 entries- tuapōkere adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- tūāpōkere adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- tuapōkere noun (colour)
- waireti noun (colour)
Navajo
1 entries- tsédédééh noun (plant)
Norwegian
2 entries- fiolett adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Viola name (female given name)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- fiol noun (plant)
- fiolett noun (colour)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- fiol noun (plant)
- fiolett noun (colour)
Occitan
2 entries- violet adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- violeta noun (plant)
Old English
2 entries- blǣhǣwen adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- æppellēaf noun (plant)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- منكشه noun (plant)
Pashto
2 entries- چوڼيا adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- چوڼيا noun (colour)
Persian
4 entries- بنفش adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- بنفشهای adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- بنفش noun (colour)
- بنفشه noun (plant)
Polish
4 entries- fioletowy adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Wioleta name (female given name)
- Wioletta name (female given name)
- fiolet noun (colour)
Portuguese
4 entries- violeta adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Violeta name (female given name)
- lilás noun (colour)
- violeta noun (colour)
Romanian
4 entries- violet adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Violeta name (female given name)
- violet noun (colour)
- violetă noun (plant)
Russian
4 entries- фиоле́товый adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Виолетта name (female given name)
- фиа́лка noun (plant)
- фиоле́товый noun (colour)
Rwanda-Rundi
1 entries- umuhengeri noun (colour)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- Violeta name (female given name)
- Виолета name (female given name)
- ljubičasta noun (colour)
- ljúbica noun (plant)
Sikkimese
1 entries- རྒྱ་མུག adj (having a bluish-purple color)
Slovak
2 entries- fialový adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- fialka noun (plant)
Spanish
4 entries- violeta adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- violáceo adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Violeta name (female given name)
- violeta noun (colour)
Swedish
4 entries- violett adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- Viola name (female given name)
- viol noun (plant)
- violett noun (colour)
Tagalog
4 entries- aleli noun (plant)
- biyoleta noun (plant)
- kulay ube noun (colour)
- ube noun (colour)
Tajik
1 entries- бунафш noun (colour)
Talysh
1 entries- vənəşə noun (colour)
Tat
1 entries- bənöşə noun (plant)
Tatar
2 entries- миләүшә noun (plant)
- шәмәхә noun (colour)
Telugu
1 entries- ఊదా noun (colour)
Thai
4 entries- ม่วง adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- ม่วง noun (colour)
- สีม่วง noun (colour)
- ไวโอเล็ต noun (colour)
Turkish
4 entries- menekşe renkli adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- menekşe noun (colour)
- menekşe noun (plant)
- menekşe rengi noun (colour)
Udi
1 entries- мамушӏакӏ noun (plant)
Ukrainian
2 entries- фіоле́товий adj (having a bluish-purple color)
- фіоле́товий noun (colour)
Urdu
2 entries- ارغوانی رنگ noun (colour)
- بنفشه noun (plant)
Vietnamese
1 entries- tím noun (colour)
Welsh
4 entries- fioled noun (colour)
- fioled noun (plant)
- meddyges noun (plant)
- rhuddlas noun (colour)
West-Frisian
1 entries- fioeltsje noun (colour)
Yiddish
1 entries- פֿיאַלקע noun (plant)
Zazaki
1 entries- mor (diq) noun (colour)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
She's no shrinking violet.
Source: tatoeba (315256)
Who in the rainbow can draw the line where the violet tint ends and the orange tint begins?
Source: tatoeba (858786)
A rainbow consists of red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.
Source: tatoeba (1103043)
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