colore

See also: coloré and colorê

English

Noun

colore (plural colores)

1. (rare) Archaic spelling of color.
   • [1520?], Dominicus Mancinus, anonymous translator, The Englysshe of Mancyne apon the Foure Cardynale Vertues, [London]: [Richard Pynson], →OCLC, signature f.i., verso:

     Euyll men ſeke many tymys to thꝛowe downe good men into the bꝛyꝛis hedlynge: whyle they reherſe falſe thynges vnder the name and coloꝛe of good playne foꝛthrightnes.

   • 1530 January 27 (Gregorian calendar), W[illiam] T[yndale], transl., [The Pentateuch] (Tyndale Bible), Malborow [Marburg], Hesse: […] Hans Luft [actually Antwerp: Johan Hoochstraten], →OCLC, Exodus xxviij:[32], folio lii, recto:

     And ther ſhalbe an hole for the heed in the myddes of it [the tunicle], ãd let there be a bonde of wouen worke rounde aboute the colore of of it: as it were the colore of a partlet, that it rent not.

   • 1660, “Walter Brockett, 1660”, in William A[nderson] Gunnell, compiler, Sketches of Hull Celebrities: Or Memoirs and Correspondence of Alderman Thomas Johnson, (Who was Twice Mayor of Kingston-upon-Hull.) And Four of His Lineal Descendants, from the Year 1640 to 1858. […], Hull, Yorkshire: […] Walker & Brown, […] [for] William Anderson Gunnell, […], published 1876, →OCLC, page 176:

     He alwaie claddeth yⁿ a blak Cote with Trunkhose o y^e lyke Colore, wi Shoos and Siller Buckels, a spuddish coroned Hatte, wi a Bruarte o muche brodeneſse, an tached vppe atte y^e Rear, wi a Cordige an Tassle.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

colore

1. inflection of colorer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Picture dictionary

rosso

arancione

giallo

verde

azzurro

, blu

viola

, violetto

nero

grigio

bianco

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Etymology

From Latin color, from Old Latin colos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈlo.re/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ore
• Hyphenation: co‧ló‧re

Noun

colore m (plural colori)

1. color/colour
2. hue
3. (gaming) pip (playing cards)
4. (card games, poker) flush

Related terms

• anticolore
• colorare
• colorificio
• colorimetro
• colorire
• colorista
• coloritura
• di colore
• incolore
• multicolore

See also

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

Anagrams

• colerò, creolo

Latin

Noun

colōre

1. ablative singular of color

Portuguese

Verb

colore

1. inflection of colorir:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative
2. inflection of colorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈloɾe/ [koˈlo.ɾe]
• Rhymes: -oɾe
• Syllabification: co‧lo‧re

Verb

colore

1. inflection of colorar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative