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magenta en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.

Meanings

1. Having the color of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Forms

Translations (14)

ru сире́невый (color) · pl magenta (color) · la rubropurpureus (color) · it magenta (color) · mi mākurakura (color) · bg пу́рпурен (color) · ia magenta (color) · eo malva (color) · uk пу́рпурний (color) · ru пу́рпу́рный (color) · ru мадже́нтовый (color) · cs nachový (color) · ru фукси́новый (color) · be пу́рпурны (color)

wikipedia: Battle of Magenta · wikipedia: Castra Regina

magenta en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/ (General-American, Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, in commemoration of the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859. An aniline dye in this colour had been invented the same year by French chemist François-Emmanuel Verguin and was named in honour of the battle. The town's name derives from Latin Castra Maxentia (“the camp named Maxentia”), referring to the emperor Maxentius. Compare Castra Regina for a similar appositional use of a proper noun with castra.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A color which is close to the equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary color but a subtractive primary color evoked by the combination of red and light blue.
   • Mrs Dibble's face blazed with a magenta uprush of blood at that ultimatum and she screamed, "You dare try to do me out of my gin too! You dare!" 1950, Norman Lindsay, Dust or Polish?, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 154:

Forms

Deriveds

magentaish · magenta box

Synonyms

fuchsine · fuchsia

Translations (50)

fr magenta (color) · ka ჟოლოსფერი (color) · ro mov (color) · el ματζέντα (color) · pt magenta (color) · ka მოვარდისფრო-იისფერი (color) · ja 赤紫 (color) · tr galibarda (color) · it magenta (color) · bg пу́рпурен цвят (color) · hu bíborvörös (color) · ur میجنٹا (color) · ta சென்னீலம் (color) · tt маҗента (color) · ia magenta (color) · uk пу́рпурний (color) · fi aniliininpunainen (color) · be пу́рпурны ко́лер (color) · gl maxenta (color) · tr fuşya (color) · ko 마젠타색 (color) · te మాజెంటా (color) · nl magenta (color) · hi मैजंटा (color) · ms merah lembayung (color) · ms magenta (color) · ru пу́рпу́рный цвет (color) · he מָגֶ׳נְטָה (color) · ko 자홍색 (color) · ar أَرْجُوَانِيّ (color) · ca magenta (color) · pl magenta (color) · ja マゼンタ (color) · cmn 品紅 /品红 (color) · ms merah tua (color) · ga maigeanta (color) · vi màu đỏ sậm (color) · tt macenta (color) · ka მოიისფრო-ვარდისფერი (color) · ru мадже́нта (color) · es magenta (color) · th สีม่วงแดง (color) · lo ສີມ່ວງແດງ (color) · ar مَاجِنْتِيّ (color) · fi magenta (color) · de Magenta (color) · fa سرخابی سیر (color) · ja マジェンタ (color) · sq ngjyrues i kuq (color) · hi मैजेंटा (color)

wikipedia: Battle of Magenta · wikipedia: Castra Regina