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violet — violet, ette [ vjɔlɛ, ɛt ] adj. et n. m. • 1200; de violette 1 ♦ D une couleur qui s obtient par le mélange du bleu et du rouge. Iris violet. Vapeurs violettes de l iode. Encre violette. Camail violet d un évêque. « Un ruban violet d officier d… … Encyclopédie Universelle
violet — violet, ette (vi o lè, lè t ) adj. 1° De couleur de la fleur qu on nomme violette. • Le rouge de garance et l oxyde de fer déposés sur l étoffe y déterminent la couleur violette, CHAPTAL Instit. Mém. scienc. t. III, p. 103. Violet rouge.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
Violet — Vi o*let, n. [F. violette a violet (cf. violet violet colored), dim. of OF. viole a violet, L. viola; akin to Gr. ?. Cf. {Iodine}.] 1. (Bot.) Any plant or flower of the genus {Viola}, of many species. The violets are generally low, herbaceous… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Pale-footed Swallow — Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Ki … Wikipedia
Violet (color) — This article is about the colour. For other uses, see Violet (disambiguation). Violet Spectral coordinates Wavelength 380–450 … Wikipedia
Violet (musical) — Infobox Musical name=Violet caption=Original Cast Recording music=Jeanine Tesori lyrics=Brian Crawley book=Brian Crawley basis=Doris Betts s The Ugliest Pilgrim productions=1997 Off Broadway awards= Violet is a musical by Jeanine Tesori with… … Wikipedia
Pale Blue Dot — The Pale Blue Dot is a photograph of planet Earth taken by Voyager 1 from a record distance, showing it against the vastness of space. It is also the title of a 1994 book by scientist and astronomer Carl Sagan. Both the idea for taking the… … Wikipedia
pale — pale1 palely, adv. paleness, n. /payl/, adj., paler, palest, v., paled, paling. adj. 1. lacking intensity of color; colorless or whitish: a pale complexion. 2. of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching whit … Universalium
Violet Manners, Duchess of Rutland — Woodburytype portrait of Violet Manners, Marchioness of Granby (1856 1937) See Margaret Lindsay (1726 1782) for the wife of Allan Ramsay, and Margaret Lindsay for the film actress also of this name. Violet Lindsay Manners, Duchess of Rutland (7… … Wikipedia
Red-violet — infobox color|textcolor=white title=Red violet hex=C71585 r=199|g= 21|b= 133 c= 0|m= 89|y= 33|k= 0 h=322|s= 89|v= 78 source=X11Red violet is the name that, depending on the context, applies to one or another type of non spectral purple color. In… … Wikipedia
