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violet

/vjɔ.lɛ/

noun, masculine/vjɔ.lɛ/plural: violets

purple (colour); mushroom with a violet cap, such as a webcap or cortinar

From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.

adjective/vjɔ.lɛ/

purple

From Old French violet, a back-formation from violette (“violet (flower)”), from viole + -ette, from Latin viola.

violet — French Dictionary | Passage