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In 1957, 'West Side Story' had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; 'Bye Bye Birdie,' set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.
John Lahr

Meaning of "mauve" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD MAUVE

From French, from Latin malvamallow.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF MAUVE

mauve  [məʊv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MAUVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mauve is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MAUVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

mauve

Mauve

Mauve i/ˈmoʊv/ is a pale purple color, which is named after the mallow flower. The first use of the word mauve as a color was in 1796-8 according to the Oxford English Dictionary, but its use seems to have been rare before 1859. Another name for the color is mallow with the first recorded use of mallow as a color name in English in 1611. Mauve is more grey and more blue than a pale tint of magenta would be. Many pale wildflowers called "blue" are actually mauve. Mauve is also sometimes described as pale violet.

Definition of mauve in the English dictionary

The definition of mauve in the dictionary is any of various pale to moderate pinkish-purple or bluish-purple colours. Other definition of mauve is Also called: Perkin's mauve, mauveine,. a reddish-purple aniline dye.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MAUVE


alcove
ˈælkəʊv
Bromsgrove
ˈbrɒmzˌɡrəʊv
clove
kləʊv
cookstove
ˈkʊkˌstəʊv
cove
kəʊv
drove
drəʊv
grove
ɡrəʊv
hove
həʊv
Jove
dʒəʊv
mangrove
ˈmæŋɡrəʊv
rove
rəʊv
stove
stəʊv
strove
strəʊv
trove
trəʊv
wove
wəʊv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MAUVE

mausolea
mausolean
mausoleum
mauther
mauvais
mauvais pas
mauvais quart d´heure
mauvaise foi
mauveine
maven
maverick
mavie
mavin
mavis
mavourneen
mavournin
maw
mawbound
mawger
mawk

WORDS THAT END LIKE MAUVE

a cut above
above
achieve
active
Algarve
alive
alternative
archive
arrive
automotive
believe
de Duve
Deneuve
Fauve
interfluve
Perkin´s mauve
roman-fleuve
Sainte-Beuve
Struve
Villeneuve

Synonyms and antonyms of mauve in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mauve» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MAUVE

Find out the translation of mauve to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mauve from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mauve» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

紫红色的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

malva
570 millions of speakers

English

mauve
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चमकीला गुलाबी रंग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بَنَفْسَجِيّ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

розовато-лиловый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

violeta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফিকে লাল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mauve
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mauve
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

mauve
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

藤紫色の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

담자색의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mauve
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có màu hoa cà
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மாவ்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मऊ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

leylak rengi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

malva
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

koloru malwy
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

бузковий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mov
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μοβ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mauve
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ljuslila
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lillafarget
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mauve

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUVE»

The term «mauve» is quite widely used and occupies the 25.106 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MAUVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mauve

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2 QUOTES WITH «MAUVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mauve.
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Sherman Alexie
In the middle of the night, when you're ambiguously ethnic, like me, when you're brown, beige, mauve, siena, one of those lighter browns in the Crayola box. You have to be careful of the cops and robbers, because nobody's quite sure what you are, but everybody has assumptions.
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John Lahr
In 1957, 'West Side Story' had introduced the musical to the reckless dark side of teen-age life; 'Bye Bye Birdie,' set in Sweet Apple, Ohio, where the citizens apparently dress mostly in chartreuse, mauve, orange, periwinkle, and turquoise, was a walk on the bright side.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MAUVE»

Discover the use of mauve in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mauve and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Mauve
Mauve is the beguiling story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him.
Simon Garfield, 2013
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Mauve Desert
A seminal text in Canadian and feminist literature, Mauve Desert is a must-read for readers and writers alike. This is both a single novel and three separate novels in one.
Nicole Brossard, Susanne de Lotbini, 2013
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Mauve Gloves and Madmen, Clutter and Vine
With his own patented combination of serious journalism and dazzling comedy, Tom Wolfe met the question head-on in these rollicking essays -- and even provided the 1970s with its name: "The Me Decade."
Tom Wolfe, 1988
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The Mauve Decade: American Life At The End Of The Nineteenth ...
1926. Laced with anecdotes and sparkling epigrams, Beer's remarkable cultural history encompasses a witty study of the Gilded Age's last decade-from high society to the closing of the West-bracketed by Emerson's death and Teddy Roosevelt's ...
Thomas Beer, 2004
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Modelling the P-40: Hawk 81, Tomahawk, Warhawk and Kittyhawk
The first all-new model kit by Japanese company Mauve was their 1/48-scale P- 40N Warhawk in 1995. Their second release was a Kittyhawk IV - essentially the same sprues with two new marking options for RAAF P-40Ns. This kit can easily ...
Brett Green, 2005
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Dragonflies and Damselflies of South Africa
Very small, darkish, deep bronze green and bluish mauve, with blue or violet abdominal tip. Very rare, in pools associatedwithreedymontaneWCPstreams. Identification Face: Eyes: Prothorax: Synthorax: Wings: Pterostigmas: Abdomen: ...
Michael J. Samways, 2008
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Annual Reports ...
ACCESSIONS The Department of Fine Arts has acquired by purchase for the Department of Prints 71 drawings, 8 etchings, 4 mezzotints, as follows: DRAWINGS "Field with Hen and Chickens," by Anton Mauve "Composition Study No.
Carnegie Institute, 1917
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Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity
C6H5NH2(aq) H2SO4(aq) C6H5NH3(aq) HSO4(aq) Aniline Historical Perspectives CH 3 Among the roots of modern organic chemistry was the synthesis, in 1856, of the compound mauveine (or mauve) by William Henry Perkin (1838–1907).
John Kotz, Paul Treichel, John Townsend, 2008
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Mauve: How One Man Invented a Colour that Changed the World
MAUVE is the story of a man who accidentally invented a color, and in the process transformed the world around him.
Simon Garfield, 2000
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Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources: ...
flowers pale to mauve; G. lewisiae (Cape)- fragrant, creamy white, flushed with pink; G. involutus (Cape) – pale pink or white; G. sclullyi (Cape) fragrant, cream, yellow, lime-green, pink, mauve or maroon; G. arcuatus (Cape) – fragrant, mauve  ...
Chittaranjan Kole, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MAUVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mauve is used in the context of the following news items.
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Elle Fanning goes make-up free to hit the gym in matching mauve
The 17-year-old actress looked cool and cute in a cropped mauve strappy top, which matched her trainers. Scroll down for video. Brights: Elle ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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'A Roundabout In My Head' ('Dans ma tete un rond-point …
... and even the city's night skies — the picture has a pungent nocturnal vibe — can take on hauntingly evocative shades of mauve. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
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Here's Why Kelly Osbourne Should Be Everyone's Hair Inspiration
Plus, she has showed us there are many different shades of pastel purple hair from grayish mauve to neon lilac. 3. Kelly knows the power of a ... «TheGloss, Jul 15»
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Plants to help maintain wellbeing easy to grow
You can also grow mauve varieties and it spreads quite effectively in containers so is great as a fill-in. It will do well in sun or light shade in ... «Darlington and Stockton Times, Jul 15»
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Supplementary Data
Appendix S7 - MAUVE multiple sequence alignment of the five plastid assemblies, with overlay showing the positions of tandem repeat blocks ... «Am J Botany, Jul 15»
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A photographer took these utterly surreal photos of himself in places …
"When it comes to finding Mars look-alike landscapes on Earth, there is not a lot of choice in the end," Mauve told Business Insider. "Basically ... «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
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2016 Dodge Viper ACR first drive
The ACR falls under Dodge's “1 of 1” program, which means you can specify a taupe interior with beluga whale accents and a mauve metallic ... «Autoweek, Jul 15»
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Johnny Depp's Daughter Lily Rose is the New Face of Chanel
In the add, Depp, a spitting image of her mother, sports round frames dotted with pearl white beads, a picture-perfect face and a strong mauve ... «Haute Living, Jul 15»
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Liberty - Medeama share spoils in Dansoman
The Mauve and Yellows forced the pendulum to swing in their favour, but star striker had barely had a sniff in the game. He was substituted ... «AllSports.com.gh, Jul 15»
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A day trip from Paris to Monet's Garden at Giverny with Fat Tire Bike …
From June, mauve and white wisteria tumble from the bridge across the ornamental lake, in July the famous waterlilies bloom on the lake and ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

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