indigo
/ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/US/ˈɪndɪˌɡoʊ/
indigo noun: a purplish-blue color.
Noun
indigo (countable and uncountable, plural indigos or indigoes)
- A purplish-blue color.
- A greenish dark blue color; the color of indigo dye.
- 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.1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 6, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC
- A blue-colored dye obtained from certain plants (indigo plant or woad), or a similar synthetic dye.
- An indigo plant, such as from species in genera Indigofera, Amorpha (false indigo), Baptisia (wild indigo), and Psorothamnus and Dalea (indigo bush).
- A Southern planter has been sowing indigo and cotton together. Perhaps he contemplates raising blue cotton; and should he water the plants with nitric acid, he would probably raise gun cotton—if any.1846, editorial staff, “Growing Cotton”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 2, Issue 13, page 98
Adjective
indigo (comparative more indigo, superlative most indigo)
- having a deep purplish-blue colour
Proper noun capitalized: Indigo
Indigo
- A local government area in north-east Victoria, Australia, named after Indigo Valley; in full, the Shire of Indigo.
- A female given name.
- Details of Thunberg’s charge came as Just Stop Oil said its cofounders, Indigo Rumbelow and Roger Hallam, were arrested on Wednesday morning following dawn raids at their homes.2023 October 18, Damien Gayle, “Greta Thunberg charged with public order offence after London oil protest”, in The Guardian
indigo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
indigo in Hindi
- colour
- नील nīl
- dye
- नील nīl
indigo in Tamil
- colour
- கருநீலம் karunīlam
indigo in Marathi
- इंडिगो
indigo in Urdu
- indigo
- نیل nīl
More languagesFewer languages
- indigo in Bengali
- নীল nil
- indigo in Telugu
- ఇండిగో
- indigo in Malayalam
- അമരി amari
- indigo in Kannada
- ನೇರಳೆ ಬೆರೆತ ನೀಲಿಬಣ್ಣ, ಕಡು ನೀಲಿಬಣ್ಣ
- indigo in Punjabi
- ਨੀਲ nīl
- indigo in Gujarati
- ગળી gaḷī
- indigo in Odia
- ଇଣ୍ଡିଗୋ
- indigo in Sanskrit
- तूणी tūṇī
- indigo in Sinhala
- ඉන්ඩිගෝ inḍigō
- indigo in Assamese
- নীল nil
- indigo in Nepali
- नील nīl
- indigo in Pashto
- نيلي nili
- indigo in Tagalog
- indigo, anyil
- indigo in Arabic
- نِيلِيّ nīliyy
- indigo in Malay
- biru nila
- indigo in Indonesian
- biru, nila
- indigo in Persian
- نیلی nīlī, نیلگون nīlgun, نیل nīl
- indigo in Thai
- คราม kraam
- indigo in Vietnamese
- chàm, bột chàm, thuốc nhuộm chàm
- indigo in Myanmar
- မဲနယ် mai:nai
Examples of indigo in a sentence
- Cochineal was cultivated in individual households, indigo was common, and several dyewoods were indigenous.
- “Hexachromats” have normal color vision apart from their difficulty in discriminating indigo.
- Her exquisite figure was enhanced by a wonderful gown of indigo charmeuse.
Forms of indigo
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | indigos |
| plural | indigoes |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more indigo |
| superlative | most indigo |
Origin of indigo
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). Doublet of Indic.
Words formed from indigo
- Birdsville indigo
- Chinese indigo
- Eastern indigo snake
- false blue indigo
- false indigo
- green indigo
- Guatemalan indigo
- hendigo
- indigoberry
- indigobird
- indigo bird
- indigo blue
- indigo brown
- indigo bunting
- indigo carmine
- Indigo child
- indigo copper
- indigoferous
- indigogen
- indigoid
- indigo red
- indigo snake
- indigo velvet worm
- indigo white
- indin
- indium
- indogen
- indole
- Japanese indigo
- Natal indigo
- wild indigo
- yellow false indigo
Phrases with indigo
Questions about indigo
- What does indigo mean?
- Indigo means a purplish-blue color.
- What is indigo in Hindi?
- Indigo in Hindi is नील (nīl). See Indigo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is indigo?
- Indigo can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce indigo?
- Indigo is pronounced /ˈɪn.dɪˌɡəʊ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of indigo?
- The plural of indigo is indigos.
Words near indigo in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: indigo (page history and authors); Indigo (page history and authors); indigo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); نیل (Urdu) (page history and authors); নীল (Bengali) (page history and authors); indigo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); indigo (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਨੀਲ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ગળી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); indigo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); तूणी (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); নীল (Assamese) (page history and authors); नील (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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