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• Solferino
  Solferino

  noun

  a village in southeastern Lombardy, in northern Italy: battle 1859.
• solferino
  solferino

  noun

Solferino

American  

[sawl-fe-ree-naw, sol-fuh-ree-noh] / ˌsɔl fɛˈri nɔ, ˌsɒl fəˈri noʊ /

noun

1. a village in southeastern Lombardy, in northern Italy: battle 1859.

2. (lowercase) a dye obtained from rosaniline.

3. (lowercase) vivid purplish pink.

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solferino British  

/ ˌsɒlfəˈriːnəʊ /

noun

1. 1. a moderate purplish-red colour

   2. ( as adjective )

      a solferino suit

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Etymology

Origin of Solferino

First recorded in 1865–70; dye so named from its being discovered after the battle of Solferino

Example Sentences

The show is on view from Tuesday through June 10 at Via Solferino 11.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022

I stopped on the Solferino bridge to look at the lights filtered through a cold mist.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 1, 2015

Once a week, in his six-year-old Citroen, he is driven to the shabby Left Bank office building at 5 Rue de Solferino that houses the Paris headquarters of the Rally of the French People.

From Time Magazine Archive

His father, Zephirin Auguste Joseph Gamelin, became Controller General of the French Army after he had been gravely wounded at Solferino, during Napoleon Ill's fight against the Austrians.

From Time Magazine Archive

Scheibert, the Prussian, chatted with him about the Battle of Solferino.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara