Mauve

WOTD - 3 May 2006    

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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: /mɔv/, /moʊv/, /məʊv/

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  Rhymes: -əʊv

Noun

Singular Mauve

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Mauve ({{{1}}})

1. Template:Historical A bright purple synthetic dye.
2. The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

   Mauve colour:

Quotations

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Translations

dye

colour

Dutch: mauve nl(nl) n., paars nl(nl) n. Estonian: kahvatulilla et(et) Finnish: malvanväri French: mauve fr(fr) m. Greek: μωβ (mov), ιώδες (iódhes), μαβί (maví), πορφυρό (porfiró) Ido: malva

Italian: malva it(it) Japanese: モーブ色 (mōbuiro), ふじ色 (fujiiro) Scottish Gaelic: liath-phurpur gd(gd) m. Spanish: malva es(es) Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ

Adjective

Mauve (comparative {{{1}}}, superlative {{{2}}})

Positive Mauve

Comparative {{{1}}}

Superlative {{{2}}}

1. having a pale purple colour.

Quotations

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Translations

colour

Dutch: mauve nl(nl), paars nl(nl) Estonian: kahvatulilla et(et) Finnish: malvanvärinen Japanese: モーブ色の (mōbuiro no), ふじ色の (fujiiro no)

Russian: розовато-лиловый Scottish Gaelic: liath-phurpur gd(gd) Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ

See also

• Appendix:Colours

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French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mov/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

Mauve f. (plural Mauves)

1. mallow

Noun

Mauve m. (plural Mauves)

1. mauve

Adjective

Template:Fr-adj-mf

1. mauve

Etymology 2

Cognate with mouette, Old English mæw, English mew, German Möwe, Polish mewa

Noun

Mauve f. (plural Mauves)

1. mew, gull, seagull

Synonyms

• mouette
• goéland

Related terms

• mauviette
• mauvis

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Jèrriais

Noun

Mauve [[Category:Template:Roa-jer nouns|Mauve]]

1. seagull

de:mauve el:mauve fr:mauve io:mauve kn:mauve lt:mauve hu:mauve ja:mauve pt:mauve ro:mauve ru:mauve fi:mauve vi:mauve zh:mauve