• Bosnian: lila
• Breton: glas-ruz
• Bulgarian: виолетов , виолетова , виолетово
• Catalan: violeta
• Dutch: violet
• Esperanto: violkoloro
• Finnish: violetti
• French: violet
• German: Violett
• Greek: ιόχρουν (iókhrun), βιολετί (vyoletí), μενεξεδί (menexedhí)
• Hungarian: ibolya
• Ido: violea
• Italian: viola
• Japanese: 菫色 (sumireiro), 紫 (murasaki)
• Latvian: violets
• Polish: fiolet
• Portuguese: violeta , lilás
• Russian: фиолетовый (fiolétovvyj)
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: лила

  Roman: lila

• Spanish: violeta
• Swedish: violett
• Telugu: ఊదా (oodaa)

• Bosnian: ljubičica
• Chinese: 紫羅蘭, 紫罗兰 (zǐluólán)
• Dutch: viool, more commonly viooltje (its dim.), violet
• Finnish: orvokki
• German: Veilchen
• Hebrew: סגל (Sigahl)
• Hungarian: ibolya
• Italian: viola
• Japanese: 菫 (sumire)
• Kurdish:
• Old English: æppellēaf
• Polish: fiołek
• Portuguese: violeta
• Russian: фиалка (fiálka)
• Serbian:

  Cyrillic: љубичица

  Roman: ljubičica

• Spanish: violeta
• Swedish: viol

• ttbc Indonesian: ungu (1), lili (2)
• ttbc Lithuanian: violetinė spalva (1); našlaitė (2)

Adjective

1. Having a bluish-purple colour.

Derived terms

• ultraviolet

Translations

Related terms

• gentamicin
• iodine
• iodopsin
• iolite
• ionone
• saintpaulia
• viola
• violaceous
• adder’s tongue
• cudbear
• dame’s rocket
• rainbow
• rocket
• trout lily
• wild pansy

See also

Dutch

Etymology 1

Noun

1. violet, a fragrant flower plant species, including the pansy
2. matthiola annua, a flowering plant species

Synonyms

• (violet) viooltje, viool
• (matthiola) violier

Etymology 2

Adjective

1. violet, of the homonymous purplish color

Synonyms

• violetkleurig

Noun

1. violet, a purplish color

Derived terms

• violetblauw
• violetbruin

References

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French

Pronunciation

Color

• Violet (color), which is primarily used to describe a color often confused with purple.

People

• Violet (name), a given name for girls
• Violet Berlin, the presenter of the television program Game Pad
• Violet Bonham Carter, British politician
• Violet Wilkey, American child actress of the silent film era
• Violet, the stage name of singer Amelia Brightman

In biology

• Violet, a plant of the genus Viola
• African violet, a plant of the genus Saintpaulia that has a superficial resemblance to Viola
• Dogtooth violet, any of several species of the genus Erythronium
• Sea violet, a type of edible ascidian, or sea squirt

In geography

• Violet, Louisiana, a city in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana

In entertainment

• Violet (musical), an off-Broadway musical
• Violet (album), an album by The Birthday Massacre
• "Violet" (song), a song by the band Hole
• "Violet", a song by Seal, from his first album Seal (1991 album)
• Violet (film), a 1981 short film

Fictional characters

• Violet (comics) a.k.a. Shrinking Violet, a character in the DC Comics series Legion of Super-Heroes
• Violet (Peanuts), a character in the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz
• Violet Baudelaire, a character from the highly popular A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
• Violet Beauregarde, a character in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
• Violet Parr, a character in the Pixar movie The Incredibles
• Violet Song jat Shariff, a character in the 2006 film UltraViolet
• Violet (Tekken), a character / an alter-ego of a character in Tekken 4
• Violet, a character in Fifi & the Flowertots.
• Violet, a character in the 1980's cartoon Rainbow Brite
• Violet, a character in the 1978 film Pretty Baby, directed by Louis Malle
• Violet, a character in the 1996 film Bound
• Violet Heaslip, Becky Botsford's/WordGirl's best friend in the series of WordGirl
• Violet Potato, Elena Potato's baby sister in the series of Monster Allergy

Other uses

• Violets is the name of New York University's sports teams, and the school color