"violet" meaning in French

See violet in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /vjɔ.lɛ/ Audio: Fr-violet.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-violet.wav Forms: violette [feminine], violets [masculine, plural], violettes [feminine, plural]
Etymology: From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|violet}} Old French violet, {{glossary|back-formation}} back-formation, {{der|fr|la|viola}} Latin viola Head templates: {{fr-adj}} violet (feminine violette, masculine plural violets, feminine plural violettes)
  1. purple
    Sense id: en-violet-fr-adj-jgobCtpC Categories (other): Purples Disambiguation of Purples: 64 32 4

Noun

IPA: /vjɔ.lɛ/ Audio: Fr-violet.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-violet.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-violet.wav Forms: violets [plural]
Etymology: From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|violet}} Old French violet, {{glossary|back-formation}} back-formation, {{der|fr|la|viola}} Latin viola Head templates: {{fr-noun|m|~}} violet m (countable and uncountable, plural violets)
  1. (usually uncountable) purple (colour) Tags: masculine, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-violet-fr-noun-LaCi6N4Z Categories (other): Colors Disambiguation of Colors: 0 78 22
  2. (countable) mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar Tags: countable, masculine
    Sense id: en-violet-fr-noun-iNgvGtUV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 6 8 86

Inflected forms

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