violette in Old French

Forms: violette oblique singular [canonical], violettes [oblique, plural], violette [nominative, singular], violettes [nominative, plural] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Latin viola + -ette. Etymology templates: {{etymon|fro|:af|la:viola<id:violet>|fro:-ette<id:diminutive>|id=violet}}, {{af|fro|la:viola|-ette}} Latin viola + -ette Head templates: {{fro-noun}} violette oblique singular (oblique plural violettes, nominative singular violette, nominative plural violettes)

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
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        "2": ":af",
        "3": "la:viola<id:violet>",
        "4": "fro:-ette<id:diminutive>",
        "id": "violet"
      },
      "expansion": "",
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    },
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      },
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    }
  ],
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    {
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      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "violette",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
    }
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    }
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          "name": "Botany",
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        ]
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      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "botany",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "violette"
}

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{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fro",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "la:viola<id:violet>",
        "4": "fro:-ette<id:diminutive>",
        "id": "violet"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymon"
    },
    {
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        "3": "-ette"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Latin viola + -ette.",
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    {
      "form": "violette oblique singular",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "oblique",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "violette",
      "tags": [
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "violettes",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
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    }
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        "Old French terms suffixed with -ette",
        "Pages with 7 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymon",
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      ],
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      ]
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  ],
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}

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"violette" meaning in Old French

Noun