Masculine
color
Meaning
- (declension-3, masculine) color (US), colour (UK); shade, hue, tint
- (declension-3, masculine) pigment
- (declension-3, masculine) complexion
- (declension-3, masculine) outward appearance
Concepts
Frequency
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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