violine

See also: Violine and violinë

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French violine.

Noun

violine (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete, medicine) An emetocathartic alkaloid, of uncertain composition, obtained from violets.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Coined by French scientist Pierre-François-Guillaume Boullay, from Viola odorata.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjo.lin/

Noun

violine f (plural violines)

  1. (chemistry) violine

Adjective

violine (plural violines)

  1. (color) violet-purple
    • 1913, Guillaume Apollinaire, “[1909]”, in Alcools, Nouvelle Revue Française:
      La dame avait une robe / En ottoman violine
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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