indigo

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):

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• (US) enPR: ĭn'dĭgō, IPA^(key): /ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/

Noun

indigo (countable and uncountable, plural indigos or indigoes)

1. A purplish-blue colour.

   indigo:  

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   • 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.

2. An indigo-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
3. An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).

Adjective

indigo (comparative more indigo, superlative most indigo)

1. having a deep purplish-blue colour

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References

Etymology

Borrowed from English indigo.

Adjective

indigo

1. indigo

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Pronunciation

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Noun

indigo n (plural indigo's)

1. the colour indigo

Adjective

indigo (invariable, comparative meer indigo, superlative meest indigo)

1. indigo-coloured

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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)

1. indigo ("colour")

Etymology

From Swedish indigo, from Spanish índigo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈindiɡo/, [ˈindiɡo̞]
• Rhymes: -indiɡo
• Hyphenation^(key): in‧di‧go

Noun

indigo

1. indigo (color)
2. indigo (plant of the genus Indigofera)

Adjective

indigo (comparative indigompi, superlative indigoin)

1. indigo (being of that color)

Further reading

• “indigo”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.di.ɡo/

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• Audio (Canada):

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Noun

indigo m (plural indigos)

1. indigo (color)

Adjective

indigo (plural indigos)

1. indigo (being of that color)

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Further reading

• “indigo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Verb

indigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of indigere

Anagrams

• gnidio, gonidi

Etymology

Borrowed from French indigo.

Noun

indigo n (plural indigouri)

1. indigo

Adjective

indigo m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. indigo

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Etymology

Borrowed from English indigo.

Adjective

indigo (feminine singular indigo, plural indigo, equative mor indigo, comparative mwy indigo, superlative mwyaf indigo)

1. indigo

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