mauve

English - Turkish

Definition of mauve in English Turkish dictionary

leylak rengi

leylak renk

anilinden çıkarılan mor boya

{s} leylak renginde olan

pembeye bakan açık mor

leylak renginde

(sıfat) leylak rengi

English - English

Definition of mauve in English English dictionary

having a pale purple colour

The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour

mauve colour:.

A bright purple synthetic dye

a moderate purple

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moderate purple, violet, or lilac; a strong purple

pale bluish-purple

A color of a delicate purple, violet, or lilac

{i} pale bluish-purple color, purple dye made from aniline

Something that is mauve is of a pale purple colour. It bears clusters of mauve flowers in early summer. A moderate grayish violet to moderate reddish purple.mauve adj. a pale purple colour (from malva; MALLOW)

of a pale to moderate grayish violet color

{s} pale bluish-purple, purple

a moderate purple of a pale to moderate grayish violet color

Related Terms

mauves

plural of mauve

Turkish pronunciation

môv

Synonyms

lavender, lilac, plum, violaceous, violet

Pronunciation

/ˈmôv/ /ˈmɔːv/

Etymology

[ 'mov, 'mOv ] (noun.) 1859. 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.