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Pronunciation / Transliteration: malva
"Le pareti della camera da letto erano dipinte di malva."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A pale purple color with a faint blue or grey hue, resembling the color of mallow flowers.
"The silk dress was delicately embroidered with shades of mauve and silver."
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Of a pale purple color.
"She painted her accent wall a soothing mauve tone to complement the neutral furniture."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the French word 'mauve' meaning 'mallow' (the plant, from Latin 'malva'), referencing the pale purple color of the mallow flower. The term was coined in 1859 following the chemist William Henry Perkin's invention of mauveine, the world's first synthetic aniline dye, which revolutionized the textile industry in the Victorian era.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Mauve" is said worldwide
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malva
Transliteration: malva
"Compró un vestido de color malva para la fiesta."
malva
Transliteration: mawva
"As flores do jardim tinham um tom suave de malva."
mauve
Transliteration: mov
"La pièce était décorée dans des tons de mauve."
malvenfarben
Transliteration: malvenfarben
"Sie trug einen Schal in einem zarten Malvenfarben."
malva
Transliteration: malva
"Le pareti della camera da letto erano dipinte di malva."
गुलाबी-बैंगनी रंग
Transliteration: gulabi-baingani rang
Script: गुलाबी-बैंगनी
"उसने हल्के गुलाबी-बैंगनी रंग का पर्दा चुना।"
淡紫色
Transliteration: dàn zǐ sè
"房间被刷成了柔和的淡紫色。"
연보라색
Transliteration: yeonborasaek
"그녀는 연보라색 스카프를 두르고 있었다."
薄紫色
Transliteration: usumurasakiiro
"部屋の壁は上品な薄紫色に塗られていた。"
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