mauve
pronunciation
How to pronounce mauve in British English:
UK [məʊv]
How to pronounce mauve in American English:
US [moʊv]
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- Noun:
- a moderate purple
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- Adjective:
- of a pale to moderate grayish violet color
Word Origin
- mauve
- mauve: [19] Etymologically, mauve is the colour of the ‘mallow’ flower. The word was borrowed from French mauve, whose original meaning was ‘mallow’, and which was descended from Latin malva ‘mallow’. English took over malva in the Old English period as mealuwe, which has become modern English mallow. And Greek molókhē ‘mallow’, a probable relative of malva, is the ultimate source of English malachite [16].=> malachite, mallow
- mauve (n.)
- purple dye, 1859, from French mauve, from Old French mauve "mallow" (13c.), from Latin malva "mallow;" the dye so called from the color of the mallow plant. Related: Mauvish.
Example
- 1. We have no idea what mauve is .
- 2. He has shaggy hair and wore jeans and a mauve t-shirt with a skull design .
- 3. Given the existence of dating among working-class americans prior to 1900 and its adoption by the leisure class of the so-called ' mauve ' decade , dating was an established urban practice before motoring was .
- 4. As the beach-bound swimmers gaze longingly at the sparkling but forbidden mediterranean , they should take comfort that the spanish environment ministry had been preparing for the arrival of hordes of " mauve stingers " for some weeks , as part of plan medusa .
- 5. Having flowers of pink to mauve or violet-blue .