mauve: [19] Etymologically, mauve is the colour of the ‘mallow’ flower. The word was borrowed from French mauve, whose original meaning was ‘mallow’, and which was descended from Latin malva ‘mallow’. English took over malva in the Old English period as mealuwe, which has become modern English mallow. And Greek molókhē ‘mallow’, a probable relative of malva, is the ultimate source of English malachite [16]. => malachite, mallow
mauve (n.)
purple dye, 1859, from French mauve, from Old French mauve "mallow" (13c.), from Latin malva "mallow;" the dye so called from the color of the mallow plant. Related: Mauvish.
例文
1. All shades of mauve ,lilac,lavender and purple were fashionable.
濃淡のさまざまな無窮色、丁香色、ラベンダー色、紫色が流行色です。
2.It bears clusters of mauve flowers in early summer.
初夏には薄紫色の花が咲いています。
3.If you shut it in glass,it would turn the glass mauve or violet.
ガラス容器に入れると、ガラスは赤紫や薄紫になります。
4.Pamela Tudsbury clattered away at a typewriter,in her mauve evening dress and fancy hairdo.