violet
/ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.84 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A plant or flower of the genus Viola, especially the fragrant Viola odorata; (inexact) similar-looking plants and flowers.
noun
The color of most violets; the colour evoked by the shortest visible wavelengths between 380 and 435 nm, an additive tertiary colour.
noun
Clothes and (ecclesiastical) vestments of such a colour.
noun
The characteristic scent of V. odorata.
adj
Of a violet colour.
name
A female given name from English.
Example Sentences
- "Refreshed by their cooling bath of evening dew, the violets and other nocturnal flowers emitted a pleasant fragrance over the fields, but from the bogs and the rivulets came up now and then damp, penetrating gusts, that sent an icy chill through me."
- "Albertus Magnus, the thirteenth century philosopher and occultist, states that coriander, valerian, and violet are love producing herbs."
- "‘Tom,’ he said, ‘you are looking at a crushed violet, a spent egg, a squeezed tube.’"
- "It may be as well to say, by way of parenthesis, that her real name was Violante,―at least, such was the name by which her mother had her christened. But her father thought it much too long, and said it was better to call her Violet."
- "Her Pakeha name was Violet, and everybody called her that because her Maori name was too long. And my Nanny, she was just like a violet; shy and small and hiding her face in her petals if the sun blazed too strong."
- "My name is Violet Brown. - - - If I sound colorful, I am not. It's nought but a pair of names, stamped on me by two people who never met. First, my mother. She was fond of romantic novels with "Violets" in them."
Etymology
Etymology tree Latin viola Old French -ette Old French violettebor. Middle English violet English violet Inherited from Middle English violet, vyolet, vyolette, from Old French violette, from Latin viola (“violet”) + -ette. Cognate with Lithuanian violetinė (“purple, violet”) and Spanish violeta (“purple, violet”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
- British English: /ˈvaɪ.ə.lət/
Usage
- British usage
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
violet aphid
violet-backed starling
violet-bellied hummingbird
violet box
violet carpenter bee
violet cattleya
violet click beetle
violet gold