English Explanatory Dictionary

indigo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A purplish-blue color.
  2. A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
  3. A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
  4. An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
adj
  1. having a deep purplish-blue colour
name
  1. A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley; in full, the Shire of Indigo.
  2. A female given name.

Pronunciation

ĭn'dĭgō /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-indigo.wav /ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/ /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡo/ /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡoː/

Word forms

indigo indigos indigoes more indigo most 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). Doublet of Indic.

Related words

indican indicolite indium indoxyl induline anil aniline Baptisia tinctoria rainbow Saxon blue

Derived words

Birdsville indigo Chinese indigo Eastern indigo snake false blue indigo false indigo green indigo Guatemalan indigo hendigo indigoberry indigobird indigo bird indigo blue indigo brown indigo bunting indigo carmine Indigo child indigo copper indigoferous indigogen indigoid indigo red indigo snake indigo white indin indium indogen indole Japanese indigo Natal indigo wild indigo yellow false indigo

Translations

Albanian: llullaq Albanian: vjollcë Albanian: indigo Albanian: çivit Arabic: نِيلِيّ Azerbaijani: indiqo Bambara: gala Bulgarian: индиго Catalan: indi Catalan: anyil Chinese Mandarin: 靛青 Chinese Mandarin: 靛藍 /靛蓝 Czech: indigo Dutch: indigo Esperanto: indigo Finnish: indigo Finnish: indigonsininen French: indigo Galician: índigo Galician: anil German: Indigo Greek: ινδικό Hebrew: אינדיגו Hiligaynon: anyil Hindi: नील Hungarian: indigó Indonesian: biru Indonesian: nila Irish: indeagó Italian: indaco Japanese: インジゴ Japanese: 藍色 Kaitag: ахсинекк Kapampangan: tayum Kapampangan: magingtayum Korean: 남빛 Korean: 쪽빛 Korean: 남색 Latin: indicum Ligurian: éndego Macedonian: индиго Macedonian: чивит Malagasy: aika Malay: biru nila Maltese: nir Navajo: diłhiłgo dootłʼizh Pashto: نيلي Persian: نیلی Persian: نیلگون Polish: indygo Portuguese: anil Portuguese: índigo Romanian: indigo Russian: инди́го Scottish Gaelic: guirmean
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