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mauve

/ˈmɔːv/MAWV
/ˈmɔv/MAWV

Meaninga mallow

Common meaning: pale purple

Journey through time

  1. Latinmalua‘a mallow’source
  2. Frenchmauvesource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsa mallow → pale purplemauve‘pale purple’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin malua ‘a mallow’.

Roots

  • malua Latin “a mallow”

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