MAUVE
Dictionary entry overview: What does mauve mean? • MAUVE (noun)
The noun MAUVE has 1 sense:
1. a moderate purple
Familiarity information: MAUVE used as a noun is very rare.
• MAUVE (adjective)
The adjective MAUVE has 1 sense:
1. of a pale to moderate greyish violet color
Familiarity information: MAUVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MAUVE (noun)
Meaning:
A moderate purple
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("mauve" is a kind of...):
purple; purpleness (a purple color or pigment)
• MAUVE (adjective)
Meaning:
Of a pale to moderate greyish violet color
Similar:
chromatic (being or having or characterized by hue)
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