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violet
violet (the color purple-blue) /vi.oˈlet/
adjective#4066 most common
Also: purple
Example sentences
Rochia ei este violetă.
Her dress is violet.
Am un pix violet.
I have a violet pen.
Florile din grădină sunt violete.
The flowers in the garden are violet.
Cerul devenise violet chiar înainte de apusul soarelui.
The sky had turned violet just before sunset.
Pictorul a amestecat albastru cu roșu pentru a obține o nuanță perfectă de violet.
The painter mixed blue with red to get a perfect shade of violet.
Vânătăile violete de pe braț indicau o lovitură recentă.
The violet bruises on his arm pointed to a recent blow.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | violet (m) / violetă (f) | violeți (m) / violete (f) |
| Genitive | violet (m) / violete (f) | violeți (m) / violete (f) |
| Accusative | violet (m) / violetă (f) | violeți (m) / violete (f) |
| Vocative | violet (m) / violetă (f) | violeți (m) / violete (f) |
Word family
violetăviolet (the flower), or a shade of violet
violaceupurplish, violet-tinged
ultravioletultraviolet
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "violet" from French "violet", itself a diminutive built on Latin "viola", the name of the violet flower. The word entered Romanian in the 19th century as part of a wave of French vocabulary tied to fashion, art, and science. The underlying origin of Latin "viola" is itself uncertain and may predate clear Indo-European reconstruction.
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