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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'mauve' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions mauve noun  (historical) A bright purple synthetic dye. (colour) The colour of this dye; a pale purple or violet color, colour. <table><tr><td>mauve colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor=" 993366" width="80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table> Translations:  Dutch: mauve , paars French: mauve French, mauve Italian: malva Spanish: malva adjective  (colour) having a pale purple colour. Translations:  Dutch: mauve, paars Etymology: From French mauveFrench, mauve, from Latin malva, "mallow", which has a purple colour. First coined in 1856 by the chemist w:William Henry Perkin, William Henry Perkin, when he accidentally created the first aniline dye.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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