Mauve

Noun

 * 1)  A bright purple synthetic dye.
 * 2) The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet colour.

Adjective

 * 1) having a pale purple colour.

Adjectives for Mauve
soft; pale; brilliant.

Thesaurus
amethystine, lavender, lilac, livid, magenta, mulberry, orchid, pansy-purple, plum-colored, plum-purple, purple, purplescent, purplish, purply, purpurate, purpure, purpureal, purpurean, purpureous, raisin-colored, violaceous, violet

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.

Noun

 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: kahvatulilla
 * Finnish: malvanväri
 * French:
 * Greek: μωβ (mov), ιώδες (iódhes), μαβί (maví), πορφυρό (porfiró)
 * Hungarian: mályva


 * Ido: malva
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: モーブ色 (mōbuiro), ふじ色 (fujiiro)
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ

Adjective

 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: kahvatulilla
 * Finnish: malvanvärinen
 * French: mauve


 * Japanese: モーブ色の (mōbuiro no), ふじ色の (fujiiro no)
 * Russian: розовато-лиловый
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Vietnamese: (màu) cẩm quỳ

Noun

 * 1) mallow

Noun

 * 1) mauve

Adjective

 * 1) mauve

Noun

 * 1) mew, gull, seagull

Synonyms

 * mouette
 * goéland

Etymology 1
From malva, ‘mallow’, which has a purple colour.

Etymology 2
From, from mave:, from  mæw:, from. Related to mouette:. Cognate with Möwe:,  måge:,  mávur:,  mewa: (< ). More at.

Related terms

 * mauviette
 * mauvis

Noun

 * 1) seagull