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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•o•let /ˈvaɪəlɪt/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant having purple, blue, yellow, white, or differently colored flowers, as an African violet.
- Physics[uncountable] a reddish blue color.
adj. - of the color violet;
reddish blue.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•o•let (vī′ə lit),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany chiefly low, stemless or leafy-stemmed plant of the genus Viola, having purple, blue, yellow, white, or variegated flowers. Cf. violet family.
- Plant Biologyany such plant except the pansy and the viola.
- Plant Biologythe flower of any native, wild species of violet, as distinguished from the pansy: the state flower of Illinois, New Jersey, and Rhode Island.
- Plant Biologyany of various similar plants of other genera.
- Physicsreddish-blue, a color at the opposite end of the visible spectrum from red, an effect of light with a wavelength between 400 and 450 nm.
adj. - of the color violet;
reddish-blue:violet hats.
- Latin viola violet) + -ete -et
- Old French violete, equivalent. to viole (
- Middle English 1300–50
Vi•o•let (vī′ə lit),USA pronunciation n. - a female given name.
Also, Vi•o•lette (vī′ə let′, vī′ə lit),USA pronunciation Vi•o•let•ta (vī′ə let′ə).USA pronunciation Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: violet /ˈvaɪəlɪt/ n - any of various temperate perennial herbaceous plants of the violaceous genus Viola, such as V. odorata (sweet (or garden) violet), typically having mauve or bluish flowers with irregular showy petals
- any other plant of the genus Viola, such as the wild pansy
- any of various similar but unrelated plants, such as the African violet
- any of a group of colours that vary in saturation but have the same purplish-blue hue. They lie at one end of the visible spectrum, next to blue; approximate wavelength range 445–390 nanometres
- (as adjective): a violet dress
- a dye or pigment of or producing these colours
- violet clothing: dressed in violet
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French violete a little violet, from viole, from Latin viola violet WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•o•la1 /viˈoʊlə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -las. - Music and Dancea musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin.
vi•ol•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•o•la1 (vē ō′lə),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin;
a tenor or alto violin. - Music and Dancea labial organ stop of eight-foot or four-foot pitch, giving tones of a penetrating stringlike quality.
- Old Provencal viola; see viol
- Italian viola
- 1715–25
vi•o•la2 (vī′ə lə, vī ō′-, vē-),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany plant of the genus Viola, esp. a cultivated variety. Cf. pansy (def. 1), violet (defs. 1, 2).
- Plant Biologya pansy, V. cornuta, cultivated as a garden plant.
- Latin: violet
- late Middle English: violet 1400–50
Vi•o•la (vī′ə lə, vē′-; vī ō′lə, vē-),USA pronunciation n. - a female given name.
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