colly

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

Black as coal.

Verb

To make black, as with coal.

Noun

1. (British, dialectal) Soot.
2. (British, dialectal) A blackbird
3. (alt-of, alternative, dated) Alternative spelling of collie.

Concepts

salir

Synonymes

begrime

bemire

dirty

grime

soil

black out

collie

crock

denigrate

nigrify

sheep-dog

smirch

smut

shepherd-dog

soot

sully

melanise

melanize

besmirch

black

blacken

Traductions

لوّث

وسخ

وَسَّخَ

اتسخ

دنس

لطخ

لوث

شوه السمعة

أنْجس

embrutir

pastifejar

empastifar

tacar

embrutar-se

تلوث

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkɒli/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: cole

In summary

From Middle English coly, from Old English *coliġ, from Proto-West Germanic *kolig, equivalent to coal + -y. Doublet of coaly.