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Violet Sep 28th 2011, 14:25 2 quotes+ fr surname ← Older revision Revision as of 14:25, 28 September 2011 Line 2: Line 2: ===Etymology=== ===Etymology=== - A 19th century flower name from {{term|violet}}. + A 19th century flower name from {{term|violet}}, sometimes as an anglicisation of the earlier {{etyl|fr}} {{term|Violette|lang=fr}}. ===Proper noun=== ===Proper noun=== Line 8: Line 8: # {{given name|female|from=English}}. # {{given name|female|from=English}}.   + #* '''1836''' Marian Dora Malet Beasley, ''Violet Woodville'', Carey, Lea & Blanchard (1836), page 16:   + #*: It may be as well to say, by way of parenthesis, that her real name was Violante,―at least, such was the name by which her mother had her christened. But her father thought it much too long, and said it was better to call her '''Violet'''.   + #* '''1972''' [[w:Witi Ihimaera|Witi Ihimaera]], ''Pounamu, Pounamu'', Heinemann, ISBN 0868636754, page 111:   + #*: Her Pakeha name was '''Violet''', and everybody called her that because her Maori name was too long. And my Nanny, she was just like a violet; shy and small and hiding her face in her petals if the sun blazed too strong. #* '''2009''' [[w:Barbara Kingsolver|Barbara Kingsolver]], ''The Lacuna'', Faber and Faber, ISBN 97800571252633, page 262: #* '''2009''' [[w:Barbara Kingsolver|Barbara Kingsolver]], ''The Lacuna'', Faber and Faber, ISBN 97800571252633, page 262: #*: My name is '''Violet''' Brown. - - - If I sound colorful, I am not. It's nought but a pair of names, stamped on me by two people who never met. First, my mother. She was fond of romantic novels with "'''Violets'''" in them. #*: My name is '''Violet''' Brown. - - - If I sound colorful, I am not. It's nought but a pair of names, stamped on me by two people who never met. First, my mother. She was fond of romantic novels with "'''Violets'''" in them. ====Translations==== ====Translations==== - {{trans-top|female given name meaning "a violet"}} + {{trans-top|female given}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|Orvokki}} * Finnish: {{t+|fi|Orvokki}} {{trans-mid}} {{trans-mid}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Ibolya}} * Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Ibolya}} {{trans-bottom}} {{trans-bottom}}   +   + ----   +   + ==French==   +   + ===Etymology===   + From {{term|violet|lang=fr}}, for a dyer or seller of purple cloth, or diminutive of {{term|viole|lang=fr}}, for a player of the [[viol]].   +   + ===Proper noun===   + {{fr-proper noun}}   +   + # {{surname|lang=fr}} [[et:Violet]] [[et:Violet]]

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