magenta

1. 1.

   a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

   Broaderpurplish red
2. 2.

   a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

   SynonymsBattle of Magenta

   Broaderpitched battle

   Italy

1. 1.

   of deep purplish red

   Similarchromatic

Other forms of magenta

plural

magentas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about magenta

What does magenta mean?

magenta means "a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in magenta?

magenta has 3 syllables: ma-gen-ta. The stress falls on "gen". In IPA it is /məˈdʒɛntə/.

What is another word for magenta?

Close synonyms include Battle of Magenta. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is magenta a common word?

magenta is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.