violet
French, noun/vjɔ.lɛ/
violet is spelled V-I-O-L-E-T (6 letters) and appears 8.1 times per million words in written French, the 7,805th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Violet is a French masculine noun meaning “purple (colour)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Couleur violette. #7f00ff”.
What does violet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepurple (colour)
- 2
masculinemushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar
adjective
- 1
purple
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. D’une couleur qui rappelle celle de la violette, de l’améthyste et constitue l’une des couleurs en limite du spectre visible. 2. Couleur de la robe d’un vin rouge, indiquant une maturité faible, moindre qu’une robe de couleur « grenat ».
noun: 1. Couleur violette. #7f00ff 2. Champignon à chapeau violet comme le cortinaire. 3. Synonyme de saule daphné. 4. Janthine, mollusque gastéropode comestible de la Méditerranée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of violet
- violets plural
- violette feminine
- violettes feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violet?
- /vjɔ.lɛ/
- \vjɔ.lɛ\
- [lə vjɔ.lɛ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to violet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is violet in French?
violet appears 8.1 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).