lilla

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See also: Lilla and lillà

Danish

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Etymology

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From French lilas (lilac).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlela/, [ˈle̝læ]

Adjective

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lilla (neuter lilla, plural and definite singular attributive lilla)

  1. purple (colour)
  2. mauve
  3. lilac

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Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime              grøn             
             cyan; turkis              azurblå              blå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød

Dutch

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Etymology

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Unknown, possibly Oriental

Noun

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lilla ? (plural lilla's, diminutive lillatje n)

  1. alternative form of lilla, a light type of fieldpiece known from the East Indies

East Central German

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Etymology

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From French lila. Compare German lila.

Adjective

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lilla

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) violet, purple

References

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2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch[1], 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81:

Estonian

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Etymology

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From German lila.

Adjective

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lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat, comparative lillam, superlative kõige lillam)

  1. violet, purple (color)

Declension

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Declension of lilla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lilla lillad
accusative nom.
gen. lilla
genitive lillade
partitive lillat lillasid
illative lillasse lilladesse
inessive lillas lillades
elative lillast lilladest
allative lillale lilladele
adessive lillal lilladel
ablative lillalt lilladelt
translative lillaks lilladeks
terminative lillani lilladeni
essive lillana lilladena
abessive lillata lilladeta
comitative lillaga lilladega

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Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text)
     valge      hall      must
             punane; karmiinpunane              oranž; pruun              kollane; kreem
             laimiroheline, kollakasroheline              roheline              mündiroheline; tumeroheline
             tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline              taevasinine, taevassinine              sinine
             lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine              fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane              roosa

Noun

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lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat)

  1. (slang, derogatory) male homosexual

Declension

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Declension of lilla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lilla lillad
accusative nom.
gen. lilla
genitive lillade
partitive lillat lillasid
illative lillasse lilladesse
inessive lillas lillades
elative lillast lilladest
allative lillale lilladele
adessive lillal lilladel
ablative lillalt lilladelt
translative lillaks lilladeks
terminative lillani lilladeni
essive lillana lilladena
abessive lillata lilladeta
comitative lillaga lilladega

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: lìl‧la

Noun

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lilla m (invariable)

  1. the lilac (Syringa)
  2. lilac

Synonyms

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Adjective

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lilla (invariable)

  1. lilac
    Synonym: lillà

Livonian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German lilla, likely via Latvian lillā.

Adjective

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Lilla

lilla

  1. violet, lilac

Declension

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology

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From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

Adjective

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lilla (indeclinable)

  1. lilac, purple (colour)

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

Adjective

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lilla (indeclinable)

  1. lilac, purple (colour)

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Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

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Swedish

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

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lilla

  1. definite of liten

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Further reading

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  • liten in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)