mauve – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
mauve
adj.
pale bluish-purple, purple
n.
pale bluish-purple color, purple dye made from aniline
Mauve
Mauve (, ;) is a pale
purple color named after the
mallow flower (French:
mauve). The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796–98 according to the
Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is
mallow with the first recorded use of
mallow as a color name in
English in 1611.
mauve
Noun
1. a moderate purple
(hypernym) purple, purpleness, empurpled
Adjective
1. of a pale to moderate grayish violet color
(similar) chromatic
mauve
adj.
mauve, pale bluish-purple
mauve
nf.
common mallow, mallow, any of a number of plants belonging to the genus Malva having hairy stems and pink or white flowers
mauve
adj.
mauve, pale bluish-purple, purple
