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# violet

«violet» in Mova's school dictionary: **a bluish-purple colour** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a violet, violets; violet — the colour); adjective (violet)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Violet is a bluish-purple colour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#m1)

2) A violet is a small plant with purple, blue or white flowers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#m2)

3) «A shrinking violet» (informal) is a very shy person. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about light, violet is the last colour of the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet). Ultraviolet light is beyond violet and can burn skin. In nature, violets are spring wildflowers. In art, violet is made by mixing blue and red.

### examples

- Violet is the last colour of the rainbow. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x1)
- The violets in the woods smell sweet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x2)
- She wore a violet dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x3)
- Mix blue and red to make violet. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x4)
- Ultraviolet light from the sun can burn your skin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x5)
- He is no shrinking violet; he loves performing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x6)
- The sky turned violet at sunset. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x7)
- The violets gushed up along the wayside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/#x8)

### note

Violet is also a girl's name (capital V). Rainbow order trick: «Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain» (red to violet). Violet and purple are close; violet is a little bluer.

### In the corpora

- [Then they chatter of «violet seas, tawny sands, and lizard-haunted walls» (tawny = golden brown).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/24/)
- [A few colours change more: blanc ("BLAHN") becomes blanche ("BLAHNSH"), and violet becomes violette.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/french/9-colours/9/)
- [fioLEtovyi means purple or violet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ukrainian-street/10-the-colours-and-two-kinds-of-blue/11/)
- [Its colours are always in the same order: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/84-mirrors-shadows-colours/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «violet» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/violet/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.