Masculine

color

Meaning

  1. (declension-3, masculine) color (US), colour (UK); shade, hue, tint
  2. (declension-3, masculine) pigment
  3. (declension-3, masculine) complexion
  4. (declension-3, masculine) outward appearance

Frequency

A2
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkɔ.ɫɔr]
Etymology

From earlier colōs (genitive colōris), from Proto-Italic *kelōs, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (“to hide, conceal”). The nominative singular changed to color in Classical times by analogy with the oblique forms, where /r/ had regularly developed from an original intervocalic /s/.

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