lilla

From French lilas (“lilac”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈlela/, [ˈle̝læ]

lilla (neuter lilla, plural and definite singular attributive lilla)

1. purple (colour)
2. mauve
3. lilac

Unknown, possibly Oriental

lilla ? (plural lilla's, diminutive lillatje n)

1. alternative form of lilla, a light type of fieldpiece known from the East Indies

From French lila. Compare German lila.

lilla

1. (Erzgebirgisch) violet, purple

From German lila.

lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat, comparative lillam, superlative kõige lillam)

1. violet, purple (color)

lilla (genitive lilla, partitive lillat)

1. (slang, derogatory) male homosexual

• IPA^(key): /ˈlil.la/
• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: lìl‧la

lilla m (invariable)

1. the lilac (Syringa)
2. lilac

• (plant, color): lillà
• (plant): syringa

lilla (invariable)

1. lilac

   Synonym: lillà

Borrowed from German lilla, likely via Latvian lillā.

lilla

1. violet, lilac

• valdziklilla

From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

lilla (indeclinable)

1. lilac, purple (colour)

• “lilla” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Arabic لِيلَك (līlak), via French lilas.

lilla (indeclinable)

1. lilac, purple (colour)

• “lilla” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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lilla

1. definite singular of liten

• lille

• liten in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)