indigo
English
Etymology
16th 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
- (UK) enPR: ĭn'dĭgō, IPA(key): /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) enPR: ĭn'dĭgō, IPA(key): /ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/
Noun
indigo (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
- Birdsville indigo
- Chinese indigo
- Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)
- false blue indigo (Baptisia australis)
- false indigo (Baptisia spp., Amorpha spp.)
- green 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)
- wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
- yellow false indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
Related terms
Translations
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Adjective
indigo (comparative more indigo, superlative most indigo)
- having a deep purplish-blue colour
Translations
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See also
Colors/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 | grey/gray | black |
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “indigo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
indigo n (plural indigo's)
- The colour indigo.
Adjective
indigo (invariable, comparative meer indigo, superlative meest indigo)
- indigo-coloured.
Declension
Declension 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
wit | grijs | zwart |
rood; karmijnrood | oranje; bruin | geel; roomwit |
groengeel/limoengroen | groen | |
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw | azuurblauw | blauw |
violet; indigo | magenta; paars | roze |
Esperanto
Etymology
Derived from Latin indicum (“indigo”), from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón, “Indian dye”).
Pronunciation
Noun
indigo (accusative singular indigon, plural indigoj, accusative plural indigojn)
Derived terms
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish indigo, from Spanish índigo.
Pronunciation
Noun
indigo
- indigo (color)
- indigo (plant of the genus Indigofera)
Declension
Inflection 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
- väri-indigo (“Indigofera tinctoria”)
Adjective
indigo (comparative indigompi, superlative indigoin)
- indigo (being of that color)
Declension
Inflection 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
Further reading
- “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
Pronunciation
Noun
indigo m (plural indigos)
- indigo (color)
Adjective
indigo (plural indigos)
- indigo (being of that color)
See also
blanc | 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
- “indigo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Verb
indigo
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
indigo n (plural indigouri)
Declension
singular | 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
indigo m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
singular | 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
alb | gri | negru |
roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
verde | verde mentă | |
cyan | bleu | albastru |
violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |
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