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violet.

purple (colour)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/vjɔ.lɛ/
  1. purple (colour)

    masculine · uncountable · usually
  2. mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar

    countable · masculine
Where this word comes from

From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.

adj/vjɔ.lɛ/
  1. purple

Where this word comes from

From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.

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