Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Adjective: mauve  mov or mowv [N. Amer], mowv [Brit]
  1. Of a pale to moderate greyish violet colour
    "She painted her bedroom walls a soothing mauve"
Noun: mauve  mov or mowv [N. Amer], mowv [Brit]
  1. A moderate purple
    "She wore a mauve dress to the spring garden party"

Derived forms: mauves

See also: chromatic

Type of: purple, purpleness

Encyclopedia: Mauve