violet-purple

1. 1.

   light violet and dark purple

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Questions about violet-purple

What does violet-purple mean?

violet-purple means "light violet and dark purple".

How many syllables are in violet-purple?

violet-purple has 5 syllables and divides as vi-o-let--pur-ple under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is violet-purple a common word?

violet-purple is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.