From en.wiktionary.org:
[Lavender]
** English
*** Etymology
From [en], from [en] ([fr]), from [en], possibly from [en], but influenced by
[la] due to use of lavender in washing clothes.
*** Pronunciation
- [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[~]
1. [en] Any of a group of European plant s, genus, [Lavandula] , of the mint family.
2. A pale bluish purple colour , like that of the lavender flower.
3. [en] A kind of film stock for creating positive print s from negative s as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.
**** Hyponyms
- [plant] [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col|en|lavenderish|lavender foal syndrome|lavendery |lavender water|desert
lavender|lavender-collar|English lavender|lavender cotton|lavender
linguistics|lavender marriage|lay up in lavender|lay in lavender|sea
lavender|fernleaf lavender|fringed lavender|Spanish lavender|spike
lavender|cotton lavender|French lavender|lavender ceiling|lavender menace|rock
sea lavender| lavender thrift}}
**** Related terms
- [en]
**** Translations
[plant]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Catalan: [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl] , [gl]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Ido: [io]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga] , [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Khmer: [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Malay: [ms]
- Middle English: [enm]
- Old English: [ang]
- Persian: [fa] , [fa]
- Polish: [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Serbo-Croatian: [sh]
- Sicilian: [scn]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sorbian:
- Spanish: [es] , [es] , [es] , [es] , [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv]
- Tagalog: [tl]
- Thai: [th]
- Turkish: [tr]
- Ukrainian: [uk]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Welsh: [cy]
- West Frisian: [fy]
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[colour]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi] , [fi]
- French: [fr]
- Galician: [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Irish: [ga]
- Italian: [it]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Korean: [ko]
- Malay: [ms]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Spanish: [es]
- Swahili: [sw]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] [now rare]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
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**** See also
- Appendix:Colors
*** Adjective
[en-adj]
1. Having a pale purple colour.
2. [en] Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
3. * [year=1976]
4. * [en]
5. [en] Pertaining to lesbian feminism ; opposing heterosexism . [en]
**** Derived terms
{{col3|en| |lavender scare |lavender lad }}
**** Translations
[colour]
- Dutch: [nl]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Hungarian: [hu]
- Japanese: [ja]
- Persian: [fa]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
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*** Verb
[en-verb]
1. [en] To decorate or perfume with lavender.
2. * [en]
*** Further reading
- [pedia]
- [Lavandula]
- [Lavandula]
*** Anagrams
- [en]
[en]
** Middle English
*** Etymology 1
[enm], [fro], from [enm].
**** Alternative forms
- [enm]
**** Pronunciation
- [enm]
**** Noun
[lavenderes]
1. A washer ; one (especially a woman) who washes clothes.
2. [enm] A woman employed in prostitution or who has loose moral s.
***** Related terms
- [enm]
***** Descendants
- [en]
- [sco]
***** References
- [entry=lavender(e ]
*** Etymology 2
**** Noun
[enm]
1. [enm]
[enm]