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Definition for: mauve

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English

Etymology

From French mauve, from Latin malva, ‘mallow’, which has a purple colour. First coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /məʊv/
  • Rhymes: -əʊv

Noun

mauve ( plural mauves )

  1. ( historical ) A bright purple synthetic dye.
  2. ( colour ) The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.
    mauve colour:    

Quotations

Translations

dye

colour

  • Dutch: mauve n . , paars n .
  • French: mauve m .
  • Greek: μωβ (mov), ιώδες (iódhes), μαβί (maví), πορφυρό (porfiró)
  • Ido : malva
  • Italian: malva
  • Spanish: malva
  • Japanese: モーブ色 ( mōbuiro ), ふじ色 ( fujiiro )

Adjective

mauve ( comparative more mauve , superlative most mauve )

  1. ( colour ) having a pale purple colour.

Quotations

Translations

colour

  • Russian: розовато-лиловый
  • Vietnamese : mầu hoa cà or mầu thím nhạt

See also


French

Etymology

From Latin malva, ‘mallow’, which has a purple colour.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /mov/

Noun

mauve f . ( plural mauves )

  1. mallow

mauve m . ( plural mauves )

  1. mauve

Adjective

mauve m ( f mauve , m plural mauves , f plural mauves )

  1. mauve

Other Translations for "mauve"

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Sign Language Spelling
Morse Codemauve
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Pig Latinauvemay

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