violir
French, verb/vjɔ.liʁ/
violir is spelled V-I-O-L-I-R (6 letters). Violir is a French verb meaning “to become purple” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Devenir violet”.
What does violir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to become purple
- 2
to make purple
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Devenir violet. 2. Rendre violet.
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 violir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- violissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- violi participle past
- violis first-person indicative present
- violit indicative present singular
- violissons first-person indicative plural
- violissez indicative plural present
- violissent indicative plural present
- violissais first-person imperfect indicative
- violissait imperfect indicative singular
- violissions first-person imperfect indicative
- violissiez imperfect indicative plural
- violissaient imperfect indicative plural
- violîmes first-person historic indicative
- violîtes historic indicative past
- violirent historic indicative past
- violirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce violir?
- /vjɔ.liʁ/
- \vjɔ.liʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.