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 color.
- 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 (Indigofera linnaei)
- Chinese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria)
- Eastern indigo snake (Drymarchon couperi)
- false blue indigo (Baptisia australis)
- false indigo (Baptisia spp., Amorpha spp.)
- green indigo
- Guatemalan indigo (Indigofera suffruticosa)
- hendigo
- indigoberry
- indigobird
- indigo bird (Viduidae family)
- indigo blue
- indigo brown
- indigo bunting (Passerina cyanea)
- indigo carmine
- Indigo child
- indigo copper
- indigoferous
- indigogen
- indigoid
- indigo red
- indigo snake (Drymarchon spp.)
- indigo white
- indin
- indium
- indogen
- indole
- Japanese indigo (Persicaria tinctoria)
- Natal indigo (Indigofera arrecta)
- 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
- anil
- aniline
- Baptisia tinctoria
- rainbow
- Saxon blue
- Appendix:Colors
| 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 | gray/grey | black | ||
References
- ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “indigo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Cornish
Etymology
Adjective
indigo
- indigo
- indigo:
See also
| gwynn | loos, glas | du |
| rudh; kogh | rudhvelyn, melynrudh; gell, gorm | melyn; losvelyn |
| gwyrdh, gwer, glas | ||
| glaswyrdh, glaswer; gwerlas | glaswyn, blou | glas |
| glasrudh, purpur; indigo | majenta; purpur, glasrudh | gwynnrudh, kigliw |
Danish
Etymology
From Portuguese índigo, from Latin indicum, from Ancient Greek ἰνδικόν (indikón).
Noun
indigo c (singular definite indigoen, not used in plural form)
- indigo (colour)
- indigo (plant of the genus Indigofera)
- (adjectified) indigo (being of that colour)
Declension
| common gender |
singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | indigo | indigoen |
| genitive | indigos | indigoens |
See also
| hvid | grå | sort |
| rød; højrød, mørkerød | orange; brun | gul; flødefarvet |
| lime, lysegrøn | grøn, mørkegrøn | mintgrøn |
| cyan; turkis, lyseblå | azurblå, himmelblå | blå, mørkeblå |
| violet; indigo | magenta; lilla | lyserød, rosa |
References
- “indigo” in Den Danske Ordbog
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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- IPA(key): /inˈdiɡo/
- Rhymes: -iɡo
- Hyphenation: in‧di‧go
Noun
indigo (accusative singular indigon, plural indigoj, accusative plural indigojn)
Derived terms
- indiga
- indigujo
Finnish
Etymology
From Swedish indigo, from Spanish índigo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈindiɡo/, [ˈindiɡo̞]
- Rhymes: -indiɡo
- Syllabification(key): in‧di‧go
- Hyphenation(key): in‧di‧go
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. | ||
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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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 2 July 2023
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.di.ɡo/
Audio: (file) Audio (Canada): (file)
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
- first-person singular present indicative of indigere
Anagrams
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
indigo n (plural indigouri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | indigo | indigoul | indigouri | indigourile | |
| genitive-dative | indigo | indigoului | indigouri | indigourilor | |
| vocative | indigoule | indigourilor | |||
Adjective
indigo m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Swedish
Noun
indigo c
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | indigo | indigos |
| definite | indigon | indigons | |
| plural | indefinite | — | — |
| definite | — | — |
See also
| vit | grå | svart |
| röd; karmosin, karmosinröd, blodröd | orange (common), brandgul (now uncommon); brun | gul; beige |
| limegrön | grön | mintgrön |
| turkos (common), cyan (rare); blågrön, teal | himmelsblå, azur | blå |
| lila, violett, gredelin (light lavender, now uncommon); indigo | magenta; purpur | rosa (common), skär (uncommon) |
References
- indigo in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- indigo in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- indigo in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Welsh
Etymology
Adjective
indigo (feminine singular indigo, plural indigo, equative mor indigo, comparative mwy indigo, superlative mwyaf indigo)
See also
| gwyn | llwyd | du |
| coch; rhudd | oren, melyngoch; brown | melyn; melynwyn |
| melynwyrdd | gwyrdd | |
| gwyrddlas; glaswyrdd | asur, gwynlas | glas |
| fioled, rhuddlas; indigo | majenta; porffor | pinc, rhuddwyn |