indigo

indigo

See also: Indigo, índigo, indigó, and indīgo

English

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]

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: ĭn'dĭgō, IPA^(key): /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/

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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:  

   web indigo:  

   • 1907, Harold Edward Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict‎:

     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 (the 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).

Derived terms

• false indigo (Baptisia spp., Amorpha spp.)
• indigo bird (Viduidae family)
• indigo blue
• indigo bunting
• Indigo child
• indigo snake
• indium
• wild indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)
• yellow false indigo (Baptisia tinctoria)

 

Related terms

• indican
• indicolite
• indium
• indoxyl
• induline

 

Translations

colour

Albanian: llullaq (sq), vjollcë (sq), indigo, çivit (sq) Arabic: اللَّوْن النِّيلِيّ‎ (al-lawn an-nīliyy) Azerbaijani: indiqo Bambara: gala Bulgarian: индиго m (indigo) Catalan: indi (ca) m, anyil m Chinese: Mandarin: 靛青 (zh) (diànqīng), 靛藍／靛蓝 (zh) (diànlán) Czech: indigo n Dutch: indigo (nl) n Esperanto: indigo Finnish: indigo (fi), indigonsininen French: indigo (fr) m Galician: índigo m, anil m German: Indigo (de) n Greek: ινδικό (el) m (indikó) Hebrew: אינדיגו‎ (he) m (índigo) Hiligaynon: anyil Hindi: नील (hi) m (nīl) Hungarian: indigó (hu) Indonesian: biru (id), nila (id) Italian: indaco (it) m Japanese: インジゴ (injigo), 藍色 (ja) (あいいろ, aiiro) Kapampangan: tayum, magingtayum Korean: 남빛 (nambit), 쪽빛 (ko) (jjokbit), 남색 (ko) (namsaek) Latin: indicum m Ligurian: éndego Macedonian: индиго n (indigo), чивит m (čivit) Malagasy: aika (mg) Malay: biru nila (ms) Maltese: nir m Navajo: diłhiłgo dootłʼizh Pashto: نيلي‎ (ps) (nili) Polish: indygo (pl) Portuguese: anil (pt) m, índigo (pt) m Romanian: indigo (ro) m Russian: инди́го (ru) n (indígo) Serbo-Croatian: ìndigo (sh) m or n, čìvit (sh) m Spanish: índigo (es) m, añil (es) m, turquí (es) m Swedish: indigoblå Tagalog: indigo, anyil Tajik: индиго (indigo) Thai: คราม (th) (kraam) Tibetan: རམས (rams) Turkish: indigo (tr), çivit mavisi (tr) Vietnamese: chàm (vi)

dye

Albanian: ngjyrë blu-vjollcë Bambara: galaji Bulgarian: индиго n (indigo) Chinese: Mandarin: 靛青 (zh) (diànqīng), 靛藍／靛蓝 (zh) (diànlán) Finnish: indigo (fi), indigonsininen French: indigo (fr) m Galician: índigo m, anil m German: Indigo (de) m Greek: Ancient: Ἰνδικόν n (Indikón) Hiligaynon: anyil Hindi: नील (hi) m (nīl) Irish: plúirín m Italian: indaco (it) m Japanese: インジゴ (injigo), 藍色 (ja) (あいいろ, aiiro) Kazakh: индиго (indigo) Kyrgyz: индиго (ky) (indigo) Macedonian: индиго n (indigo), чивит m (čivit) Polish: indygo (pl) Portuguese: anil (pt) m, índigo (pt) m Russian: инди́го (ru) n (indígo) Serbo-Croatian: ìndigo (sh) m or n, čìvit (sh) m Spanish: índigo (es) m, añil (es) m Swedish: indigo (sv) Thai: คราม (th) (kraam) Tibetan: རམས (rams) Turkish: indigo (tr), çivit mavisi (tr) Vietnamese: bột chàm, thuốc nhuộm chàm

Adjective

indigo (comparative more indigo, superlative most indigo)

1. having a deep purplish-blue colour

Translations

colour

Arabic: نِيلِيّ‎ (nīliyy) Belarusian: індыга (indyha) Bulgarian: индиго m (indigo) Burmese: မဲနယ် (my) (mai:nai) Chinese: Mandarin: 靛藍／靛蓝 (zh) (diànlán), 靛青 (zh) (diànqīng) Dutch: indigo (nl), indigoblauw, indigoblauwe Esperanto: indiga Faroese: indigo Finnish: indigonsininen French: indigo (fr) German: indigofarben (de) Hindi: नील (hi) m (nīl) Icelandic: indígóblár Interlingua: indigo Italian: indaco (it) m or f Japanese: インジゴ (indigo), 藍色 (ja) (あいいろ, aiiro) Korean: 남색(藍色) (ko) (namsaek), 남빛 (nambit), 쪽빛 (ko) (jjokbit) Kyrgyz: индиго (ky) (indigo) Macedonian: индиго (indigo) Maori: tūāuri, tuauri Middle Persian: 𐭭𐭩𐭫‎ (nyl /nīl/) Persian: نیلی‎ (fa) (nili) Portuguese: anil (pt), índigo (pt) Romanian: indigo (ro) Russian: цве́та инди́го (ru) (cvéta indígo), инди́говый (ru) (indígovyj) Sinhalese: ඉන්ඩිගෝ (si) (inḍigō) Spanish: índigo (es), añil (es) Swedish: indigo (sv) Thai: คราม (th) (kraam) Turkish: indigo (tr), indigo renkli Ukrainian: індиго m (indyho) Yiddish: אינדיגאָ‎ m (indigo)

See also

• anil
• aniline
• Baptisia tinctoria
• rainbow
• Saxon blue
• Appendix:Colors

Colors in English · colors, colours (layout · text)

white	gray, grey	black
red; crimson	orange; brown	yellow; cream
lime, lime green	green	mint
cyan; teal	azure, sky blue	blue
violet; indigo	magenta; purple	pink

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “indigo”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Dutch

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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.

Inflection

Inflection of indigo
uninflected	indigo
inflected	indigo
comparative	—
		positive
predicative/adverbial		indigo
indefinite	m./f. sing.	indigo
	n. sing.	indigo
	plural	indigo
definite		indigo
partitive		indigo's

See also

Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)

wit	grijs	zwart
rood; karmijnrood	oranje; bruin	geel; roomwit
groengeel/limoengroen	groen
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw	azuurblauw	blauw
violet; indigo	magenta; paars	roze

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Esperanto

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")

Derived terms

• indiga
• indigujo

 

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Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish indigo, from Spanish índigo.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

indigo

1. indigo (color)

Declension

Inflection of indigo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		indigo	indigot
genitive		indigon	indigojen indigoiden indigoitten
partitive		indigoa	indigoja indigoita
illative		indigoon	indigoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		indigo	indigot
accusative	nom.	indigo	indigot
	gen.	indigon
genitive		indigon	indigojen indigoiden indigoitten
partitive		indigoa	indigoja indigoita
inessive		indigossa	indigoissa
elative		indigosta	indigoista
illative		indigoon	indigoihin
adessive		indigolla	indigoilla
ablative		indigolta	indigoilta
allative		indigolle	indigoille
essive		indigona	indigoina
translative		indigoksi	indigoiksi
instructive		—	indigoin
abessive		indigotta	indigoitta
comitative		—	indigoineen

Possessive forms of indigo (type palvelu)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	indigoni	indigomme
2nd person	indigosi	indigonne
3rd person	indigonsa

Adjective

indigo (comparative indigompi, superlative indigoin)

1. indigo (being of that color)

Declension

Inflection of indigo (Kotus type 2/palvelu, no gradation)
nominative		indigo	indigot
genitive		indigon	indigojen indigoiden indigoitten
partitive		indigoa	indigoja indigoita
illative		indigoon	indigoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		indigo	indigot
accusative	nom.	indigo	indigot
	gen.	indigon
genitive		indigon	indigojen indigoiden indigoitten
partitive		indigoa	indigoja indigoita
inessive		indigossa	indigoissa
elative		indigosta	indigoista
illative		indigoon	indigoihin
adessive		indigolla	indigoilla
ablative		indigolta	indigoilta
allative		indigolle	indigoille
essive		indigona	indigoina
translative		indigoksi	indigoiksi
instructive		—	indigoin
abessive		indigotta	indigoitta
comitative		—	indigoine

Possessive forms of indigo (type palvelu)
Rare. Only used with substantive adjectives.
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	indigoni	indigomme
2nd person	indigosi	indigonne
3rd person	indigonsa

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French

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Noun

indigo m (plural indigos)

1. indigo (color)

Adjective

indigo m (masculine only, masculine plural indigos)

1. indigo (being of that color)

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)

blanc	gris	noir
rouge; cramoisi	orange; brun	jaune; crème
vert citron	vert	menthe
cyan; bleu canard	azur	bleu
violet; indigo	magenta; pourpre	rose

Further reading

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

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Italian

Verb

indigo

1. first-person singular present indicative of indigere

Anagrams

• gnidio, gonidi

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Romanian

Etymology

From French indigo.

Noun

indigo n (plural indigouri)

1. indigo

Declension

Declension of indigo

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) indigo	indigoul	(niște) indigouri	indigourile
genitive/dative	(unui) indigo	indigoului	(unor) indigouri	indigourilor
vocative	indigoule		indigourilor

Adjective

indigo m or f or n (indeclinable)

1. indigo

Declension

Declension of indigo (invariable)

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	indigo		indigo	indigo	indigo
	definite	—		—	—	—
genitive/ dative	indefinite	indigo		indigo	indigo	indigo
	definite	—		—	—	—

See also

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)

alb	gri	negru
roșu; carmin	portocaliu; maro	galben; crem
	verde
cyan	bleu	albastru
violet; indigo	mov; purpură	roz