mauve
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mauve
- /məʊv/ UK
- /mɔv/ US
- /moʊv/ US
- /mɑv/ US, cot caught merger
- /moʊv/ US, cot caught merger
- /mov/ Scotland
- /moːv/ Wales
Rhymes with -əʊv, -ɔːv
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French mauve (“mallow”), from Latin malva, which has a purple colour. Doublet of mallow. Coined in 1856 by the chemist William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.
noun mauves
- A rich purple synthetic dye, which faded easily, briefly popular c. 1859‒1873 and now called mauveine.
- A pale purple or violet colour, like the colour of the dye after it has faded. Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.
adjective mauver · more mauve · mauvest · most mauve
- Having a pale purple colour. [A]long their time-marked walls wistaria threw patches of mauve blossom.
Translations
Every language
noun colour
| Español | malva |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 薄紫 usumurasaki, 藤色 fujiiro |
| 中文 | 藕荷色 ǒuhésè, 藕合色 ǒuhésè, 錦葵紫 /锦葵紫 jǐnkuízǐ |
| Português | lilás |
| Français | mauve |
| Deutsch | fliederfarben, blasslila, mauve, malvenfarben, malvenfarbig |
| Italiano | malva |
| Ελληνικά | μωβ mov, ιώδες iódes, μαβί maví, πορφυρό porfyró |
| Română | mov |
| Tiếng Việt | (màu) cẩm quỳ |
adj colour
| 日本語 | 薄紫の usumurasaki no, 藤色の fujiiro no |
|---|---|
| Português | lilás |
| Français | mauve |
| Română | mov, liliachiu |
| Русский | розовато-лиловый rozovato-lilovyj, мальвовый malʹvovyj |
| Tiếng Việt | (màu) cẩm quỳ |
| العربية | بَنَفْسَجِيّ banafsajiyy |
Talk about this word "mauve." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mauve. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mauve. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mauve "mauve." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mauve.Cite this
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title = {mauve},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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