lilla

See also: Lilla and lillà

Danish

Etymology

From French lilas (“lilac”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlela/, [ˈle̝læ]

Adjective

lilla (neuter lilla, plural and definite singular attributive lilla)

  1. purple (colour)
  2. mauve
  3. lilac

See also
Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime              grøn             
             cyan; turkis              azurblå              blå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød

Dutch

Etymology

Unknown, possibly Oriental

Noun

lilla ? (plural lilla's, diminutive lillatje n)

  1. alternative form of lilla, a light type of fieldpiece known from the East Indies

East Central German

Etymology

From French lila. Compare German lila.

Adjective

lilla

  1. (Erzgebirgisch) violet, purple

References
2020 June 11, Hendrik Heidler, Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎, 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 81:

Estonian

Etymology

From German lila.

Adjective

lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat, comparative lillam, superlative kõige lillam)

  1. violet, purple (color)

Declension
Declension of lilla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lilla lillad
accusative nom.
gen. lilla
genitive lillade
partitive lillat lillasid
illative lillasse lilladesse
inessive lillas lillades
elative lillast lilladest
allative lillale lilladele
adessive lillal lilladel
ablative lillalt lilladelt
translative lillaks lilladeks
terminative lillani lilladeni
essive lillana lilladena
abessive lillata lilladeta
comitative lillaga lilladega

See also
Colors in Estonian · värvid (layout · text)
     valge      hall      must
             punane; karmiinpunane              oranž; pruun              kollane; kreem
             laimiroheline, kollakasroheline              roheline              mündiroheline; tumeroheline
             tsüaansinine, rohekassinine; sinakasroheline, siniroheline              taevasinine, taevassinine              sinine
             lilla, violetne; potisinine, indigosinine              fuksia, magentapunane; lilla, purpurne, purpurpunane              roosa

Noun

lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat)

  1. (slang, derogatory) male homosexual

Declension
Declension of lilla (ÕS type 16/pere, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative lilla lillad
accusative nom.
gen. lilla
genitive lillade
partitive lillat lillasid
illative lillasse lilladesse
inessive lillas lillades
elative lillast lilladest
allative lillale lilladele
adessive lillal lilladel
ablative lillalt lilladelt
translative lillaks lilladeks
terminative lillani lilladeni
essive lillana lilladena
abessive lillata lilladeta
comitative lillaga lilladega

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlil.la/
  • Rhymes: -illa
  • Hyphenation: lìl‧la

Noun

lilla m (invariable)

  1. the lilac (Syringa)
  2. lilac

Synonyms

Adjective

lilla (invariable)

  1. lilac
    Synonym: lillà

Livonian

Etymology

Borrowed from German lilla, likely via Latvian lillā.

Adjective
Lilla

lilla

  1. violet, lilac

Declension
Declension of lilla (56)
singular (ikšlug) plural (pǟgiņlug)
nominative (nominatīv) lilla lillad
genitive (genitīv) lilla lillad
partitive (partitīv) lilla lillidi
dative (datīv) lillan lilladõn
instrumental (instrumentāl) lillaks lilladõks
illative (illatīv) lillaz
lilla		 lilliž
inessive (inesīv) lillas lillis
elative (elatīv) lillast lillist

See also
  • valdziklilla

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

Adjective

lilla (indeclinable)

  1. lilac, purple (colour)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

Adjective

lilla (indeclinable)

  1. lilac, purple (colour)

See also
Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

References

Swedish

Etymology

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Pronunciation
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Adjective

lilla

  1. definite of liten

See also
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