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lavender en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlæv.ən.dəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈlæv.ən.dəː] ~ [ˈlæv.n̩.dəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/ (General-American)
• [ˈlæv.ən.dɚ] ~ [ˈlæv.n̩.dɹ̩] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Medieval Latin lavendulader. Old French lavendrebor. Middle English lavendre English lavender From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

Meanings

1. Having a pale purple colour.
2. Pertaining to LGBT people and rights.
   • “Now in here,” their guide, sweating dark tentacles into his tab collar, briefed them, “you are going to see the members of the third sex, the lavender crowd this city by the Bay is so justly famous for. 1966 March, Thomas Pynchon, chapter 5, in The Crying of Lot 49, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, published November 1976, →ISBN, page 81:
   • My sother (significant other) and I have been together almost nineteen years. Exactly half of the usual wedding vows taken traditionally by non-lavender couples — for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness and in health, — have been characteristic of our relationship. 1981 August 22, Nancy Walker, “Still Coming Out, After All These Years”, in Gay Community News, volume 9, number 6, page 11:
3. Pertaining to lesbian feminism; opposing heterosexism.

Forms

Deriveds

lavender-collar · lavender menace · lavender scare · lavender ceiling · lavender lad · lavender marriage · lavender linguistics

Translations (9)

nl zacht lila (colour) · fr bleu lavande (colour) · ja 藤色の (colour) · eo lavendoblua (colour) · fr lavande (colour) · fa بنفش روشن (colour) · ro violaceu (colour) · ro liliachiu (colour) · hu levendulaszínű (colour)

lavender en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈlæv.ən.dəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈlæv.ən.dəː] ~ [ˈlæv.n̩.dəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/ (General-American)
• [ˈlæv.ən.dɚ] ~ [ˈlæv.n̩.dɹ̩] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Medieval Latin lavendulader. Old French lavendrebor. Middle English lavendre English lavender From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a group of European plants, genus, Lavandula, of the mint family.
2. (countable, uncountable) A pale bluish purple or violet colour, like that of the lavender flower.
3. (historical, uncountable) A kind of film stock used for creating positive prints from negatives as part of the process of duplicating the negatives.

Forms

Deriveds

lavender water · desert lavender · lavender cotton · lavender thrift · cotton lavender · rock sea lavender · sea lavender · lavendery · lavenderish · spike lavender · lay up in lavender · lavender foal syndrome · French lavender · fernleaf lavender · English lavender · fringed lavender · Lavender Bay · lay in lavender · Spanish lavender

Hyponyms

common lavender (plant)

Relateds

launder

Translations (86)

es lavanda (colour) · eo lavendo (plant) · he אזוביון (plant) · sw mrujuani (plant) · gl arzaia (plant) · de Lavendel (plant) · fr bleu lavande (colour) · tr lavanta (plant) · ka ლავანდისფერი (colour) · fi laventeli (plant) · sv lavendel (plant) · es espliego (plant) · cy lafant (plant) · ro levănțică (plant) · cs levandule (plant) · nl lavendel (plant) · id lavender (plant) · de Lavendel (colour) · eo lavendobluo (colour) · th ลาเวนเดอร์ (plant) · scn spica di san Paulu (plant) · bg лаванду́ла (plant) · ms gandaria (colour) · sh lavanda (plant) · ms lavender (plant) · pl lawenda (plant) · ota لاوانطه (plant) · pt alfazema (plant) · tl alusema (plant) · km ឡាវេនឌឺ (plant) · fr lavande (plant) · el λεβάντα (colour) · is lofnarblóm (plant) · el λεβάντα (plant) · et lavendel (plant) · es cantueso (plant) · vi oải hương (plant) · bg лавандула (colour) · pt lavanda (plant) · ca espígol (plant) · pt cor de lavanda (colour) · ro violaceu (colour) · hu levendula (plant) · sl sivka (plant) · yue 薰衣草 (plant) · fa استوخدوس (plant) · io lavendo (plant) · ar ضِرْم (plant) · dsb lawendel (plant) · fi laventelinsininen (colour) · vi oải hương (colour) · hy նարդոս (plant) · gl cantroxo (plant) · es alhucema (plant) · ga lus liath (colour) · it lavanda (colour) · es lavanda (plant) · ko 라벤더 (plant) · ga lus liath (plant) · ga labhandar (plant) · ru лава́нда (plant) · sw urujuani (colour) · da lavendel (plant) · ko 연보라색 (colour) · pt lilás (colour) · fy lavindel (plant) · ja 藤色 (colour) · uk лава́нда (plant) · cmn 薰衣草 (plant) · gl arzaña (colour) · gl lavanda (plant) · hu levendulaszín (colour) · es lavándula (plant) · id lavender (colour) · sv gredelin (colour) · enm lavendre (plant) · nl lavendel (colour) · fi laventeli (colour) · fa لاواند (plant) · ang nard (plant) · ro lavandă (plant) · sv lavendelblå (colour) · it lavanda (plant) · ja ラベンダー (plant) · ar خُزَامَى (plant) · da lavendel (colour)

wikidata: Q171892

lavender en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈlæv.ən.dəː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• [ˈlæv.ən.dəː] ~ [ˈlæv.n̩.dəː] (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/ (General-American)
• [ˈlæv.ən.dɚ] ~ [ˈlæv.n̩.dɹ̩] (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Medieval Latin lavendulader. Old French lavendrebor. Middle English lavendre English lavender From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavō (“to wash”) due to the use of lavender in washing clothes.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To decorate or perfume with lavender.
   • Short shafts of dying sunlight mingled with the deepening grey, lavendering the horizon, and all nature seemed to hush as though waiting to welcome the night. 1986, Katherine Gibson Fougera, With Custer's Cavalry, page 47:

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