mauve

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈməʊv/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/moʊv, mɔv/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(mōv)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
mauve /moʊv, mɔv/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. a pale purple.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
mauve  (mōv),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a pale bluish purple.
  2. Textilesa purple dye obtained from aniline, discovered in 1856: the first of the coal-tar dyes.

adj. 
  1. of the color of mauve:a mauve dress.
  • Latin malva mallow
  • French: literally, mallow
  • 1855–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
mauve / məʊv/
  1. any of various pale to moderate pinkish-purple or bluish-purple colours
  2. (as adjective): a mauve flower
  3. Also called: Perkin's mauve, mauveine / ˈməʊviːn -vɪn/ a reddish-purple aniline dye
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Latin malva mallow
'mauve' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Perkin's mauve - blue phlox - buddleia - hepatica - lavender - lousewort - mauve decade - mint - pennyroyal - sea lavender - viola - violet - wild pansy

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