indigo
English
editEtymology
edit16th century (as indico, modern spelling from the 17th century), Spanish índigo, Portuguese endego (modern índigo), or Dutch (via Portuguese) indigo, all from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”), from Ἰνδία (Indía).[1] Doublet of Indic.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) enPR: ĭn'dĭgō, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: ĭn'dĭgō, IPA(key): /ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/
Noun
editindigo (countable and uncountable, plural indigos or indigoes)
- A purplish-blue colour.
- indigo:
- web indigo:
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- The night was considerably clearer than anybody on board her desired when the schooner Ventura headed for the land. It rose in places, black and sharp against the velvety indigo, over her dipping bow, though most of the low littoral was wrapped in obscurity.
- An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
- An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
Derived terms
edit- Birdsville indigo
- Chinese indigo
- Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)
- false blue indigo (Baptisia australis)
- false indigo (Baptisia spp., Amorpha spp.)
- green indigo
- Guatemalan indigo
- indigo bird (Viduidae family)
- indigo blue
- indigo brown
- indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- indigo carmine
- Indigo child
- indigo copper
- indigo red
- indigo snake (Drymarchon spp.)
- indigo white
- indium
- Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria)
- Natal indigo
- wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
- yellow false indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
Related terms
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Adjective
editindigo (comparative more indigo, superlative most indigo)
- having a deep purplish-blue colour
Translations
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See also
editColors/Colours in English (layout · text) | ||||||
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red | orange | yellow | green | blue (incl. indigo; cyan, teal, turquoise) |
purple / violet | |
pink (including magenta) |
brown | white | gray/grey | black |
References
edit- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “indigo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Dutch
editPronunciation
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Noun
editindigo n (plural indigo's)
- the colour indigo
Adjective
editindigo (invariable, comparative meer indigo, superlative meest indigo)
- indigo-coloured
Declension
editDeclension of indigo | ||||
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uninflected | indigo | |||
inflected | indigo | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | indigo | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | indigo | ||
n. sing. | indigo | |||
plural | indigo | |||
definite | indigo | |||
partitive | indigo's |
See also
editwit | grijs | zwart |
rood; karmijnrood | oranje; bruin | geel; roomwit |
groengeel/limoengroen | groen | |
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw | azuurblauw | blauw |
violet; indigo | magenta; paars | roze |
Esperanto
editEtymology
editDerived from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editindigo (accusative singular indigon, plural indigoj, accusative plural indigojn)
Derived terms
editFinnish
editEtymology
editFrom Swedish indigo, from Spanish índigo.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editindigo
- indigo (color)
- indigo (plant of the genus Indigofera)
Declension
editInflection of indigo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | indigo | indigot | |
genitive | indigon | indigojen indigoiden indigoitten | |
partitive | indigoa | indigoja indigoita | |
illative | indigoon | indigoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | indigo | indigot | |
accusative | nom. | indigo | indigot |
gen. | indigon | ||
genitive | indigon | indigojen indigoiden indigoitten | |
partitive | indigoa | indigoja indigoita | |
inessive | indigossa | indigoissa | |
elative | indigosta | indigoista | |
illative | indigoon | indigoihin | |
adessive | indigolla | indigoilla | |
ablative | indigolta | indigoilta | |
allative | indigolle | indigoille | |
essive | indigona | indigoina | |
translative | indigoksi | indigoiksi | |
abessive | indigotta | indigoitta | |
instructive | — | indigoin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Hyponyms
editAdjective
editindigo (comparative indigompi, superlative indigoin)
- indigo (being of that color)
Declension
editInflection of indigo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | indigo | indigot | |
genitive | indigon | indigojen indigoiden indigoitten | |
partitive | indigoa | indigoja indigoita | |
illative | indigoon | indigoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | indigo | indigot | |
accusative | nom. | indigo | indigot |
gen. | indigon | ||
genitive | indigon | indigojen indigoiden indigoitten | |
partitive | indigoa | indigoja indigoita | |
inessive | indigossa | indigoissa | |
elative | indigosta | indigoista | |
illative | indigoon | indigoihin | |
adessive | indigolla | indigoilla | |
ablative | indigolta | indigoilta | |
allative | indigolle | indigoille | |
essive | indigona | indigoina | |
translative | indigoksi | indigoiksi | |
abessive | indigotta | indigoitta | |
instructive | — | indigoin | |
comitative | — | indigoine |
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Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “indigo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editindigo m (plural indigos)
- indigo (color)
Adjective
editindigo (plural indigos)
- indigo (being of that color)
See also
editblanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading
edit- “indigo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editVerb
editindigo
Anagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editindigo n (plural indigouri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) indigo | indigoul | (niște) indigouri | indigourile |
genitive/dative | (unui) indigo | indigoului | (unor) indigouri | indigourilor |
vocative | indigoule | indigourilor |
Adjective
editindigo m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | indigo | indigo | indigo | indigo | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | indigo | indigo | indigo | indigo | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
See also
editalb | gri | negru |
roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
verde | verde mentă | |
cyan | bleu | albastru |
violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |
Welsh
editEtymology
editAdjective
editindigo (feminine singular indigo, plural indigo, equative mor indigo, comparative mwy indigo, superlative mwyaf indigo)
See also
editgwyn | llwyd | du |
coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |
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