magenta

Borrowed from French magenta, from Italian Magenta, sometime after the colour was named after the town to celebrate the Franco-Italian victory at the Battle of Magenta in 1859; possibly in reference to the colour of the uniforms worn by Zouave French troops there. The town's name derives from Latin castrum Maxentiae (“castle of Maxentius”).

• IPA^(key): /məˈd͡ʒɛntə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta (countable and uncountable, plural magentas)

1. A colour which is close to an equal mixture of red and blue which is an additive secondary colour but a subtractive primary colour evoked by the combination of red and blue light.

   web magenta (additive magenta):  

   printer's magenta (subtractive magenta):  

   Prismacolor magenta:  

• fuchsia
• fuchsine

• magenta box

magenta (comparative more magenta, superlative most magenta)

1. having the colour of fuchsia, fuchsine, light purple.

Colors/Colours in English (layout · text)
red	orange	yellow	green	blue (incl.      indigo;              cyan, teal, turquoise)	purple / violet
pink (including          magenta)	brown		white	gray/grey	black

• (reds) red; blood red, brick red, burgundy, cardinal, carmine, carnation, cerise, cherry, cherry red, Chinese red, cinnabar, claret, crimson, damask, fire brick, fire engine red, flame, flamingo, fuchsia, garnet, geranium, gules, hot pink, incarnadine, Indian red, magenta, maroon, misty rose, nacarat, oxblood, pillar-box red, pink, Pompeian red, poppy, raspberry, red violet, rose, rouge, ruby, ruddy, salmon, sanguine, scarlet, shocking pink, stammel, strawberry, Turkey red, Venetian red, vermilion, vinaceous, vinous, violet red, wine ^{(Category: en:Reds)}

• magnate, name tag, gateman, amagent, nametag

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈʒen.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [maˈd͡ʒen.ta]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

magenta f (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Colors in Catalan · colors (layout · text)

blanc	gris	negre
roig, vermell; carmesí	taronja; marró	groc; crema
verd llima	verd
cian; xarxet	atzur	blau
violat; indi	magenta; lila, porpra	rosa

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): /maːˈɣɛntaː/
• IPA^(key): /maːˈdʒɛntaː/
• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta n (plural magenta's)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta (invariable, comparative meer magenta, superlative meest magenta)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

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

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

magenta (accusative singular magentan, plural magentaj, accusative plural magentajn)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

From English magenta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɑɡentɑ/, [ˈmɑ̝ɡe̞n̪t̪ɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ɑɡentɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): ma‧gen‧ta

magenta

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Colors in Finnish · värit (layout · text)

valkoinen	harmaa	musta
punainen; verenpunainen	oranssi; ruskea	keltainen; kermankeltainen, kermanvalkoinen
limetinvihreä	vihreä	mintunvihreä, minttu; tummanvihreä
syaani; sinivihreä	taivaansininen, asuuri	sininen
violetti; indigosini, indigo	magenta; purppura	vaaleanpunainen, pinkki

• “magenta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• IPA^(key): /ma.ʒɑ̃.ta/, /ma.ʒɛ̃.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)

blanc	gris	noir
rouge; cramoisi, carmin	orange; brun, marron	jaune; crème
lime	vert	menthe
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard	azur, bleu ciel	bleu
violet, lilas; indigo	magenta; pourpre	rose

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

magenta f (plural magentas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of maxenta

magenta m or f (plural magentas, reintegrationist norm)

1. reintegrationist spelling of maxenta

• “magenta” in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (2014).

• IPA^(key): /maˈd͡ʒɛn.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛnta
• Hyphenation: ma‧gèn‧ta

magenta m (invariable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour/color)

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour/color)

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)

bianco	argento; grigio	nero
rosso; cremisi	arancione; marrone; bronzo	giallo; oro; crema
verde chiaro; limetta	verde	verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè	azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro	blu; blu scuro
violetto; indaco	magenta; viola	rosa; fucsia; porpora

• magnate, tamagne

Borrowed from English magenta.

• IPA^(key): /maˈɡɛn.ta/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛnta
• Syllabification: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta f

1. magenta (pinkish purple color)

Colors in Polish · kolory (layout · text)

biały	szary	czarny
czerwony; karmazyn	pomarańczowy; brązowy	żółty; beżowy
limonkowy	zielony	miętowy; ciemnozielony
cyjan; morski	błękitny	niebieski
fuksja; indygo	magenta; purpurowy	różowy

• magenta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• Rhymes: -ẽtɐ
• Hyphenation: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta m (plural magentas)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Colors in Portuguese · cores (layout · text)

branco, alvo, cândido	cinza, gris, cinzento	preto, negro, atro
vermelho, encarnado, rubro, salmão; carmim	laranja, cor de laranja; castanho, marrom	amarelo, lúteo; creme, ocre
verde-limão	verde	verde-água; verde-menta
ciano, turquesa; azul-petróleo	azul-celeste	azul, índigo, anil
violeta, lilás	magenta; roxo, púrpura	rosa, cor-de-rosa, rosa-choque

• “magenta”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “magenta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Borrowed from French magenta.

magenta f (uncountable)

1. magenta

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Please edit the entry and supply |def= and |pl= parameters to the {{ro-noun-f}} template.

• IPA^(key): /maˈxenta/ [maˈxẽn̪.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -enta
• Syllabification: ma‧gen‧ta

magenta m (uncountable)

1. magenta (pinkish purple colour)

magenta (invariable)

1. magenta (being of the magenta colour)

Colors in Spanish · colores (layout · text)

blanco	gris	negro
rojo; carmín, carmesí	naranja, anaranjado; marrón	amarillo; crema
lima	verde	menta
cian, turquesa; azul-petróleo	celeste, cerúleo	azul
violeta; añil, índigo	magenta; morado, púrpura	rosa, rosado

• “magenta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• magnate