couleur

See also: Couleur

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French couleur.

Noun

couleur (plural couleurs)

(card games) A suit of cards, in certain French card games.

Anagrams

coulure

French

Picture dictionary

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ku.lœʁ/
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Noun

couleur f (plural couleurs)

color, colour
(poker) a flush
(card games) suit
(heraldry) tincture, colour

Synonyms

(cards games): enseigne
(poker): flush

Related terms

colorer

Descendants

→ Dutch: kleur
- Afrikaans: kleur
→ English: couleur
→ German: Couleur
→ Low German: Klöör
- → German Low German: Klür
→ West Frisian: kleur

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
blanc	gris	noir	brun
rose	rouge ; cramoisi	orange	jaune ; crème
vert citron	vert		cyan ; bleu canard
azur	bleu	violet ; indigo	magenta ; pourpre

Further reading

“couleur” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norman

Alternative forms

couleu (Jersey)
couoleu (continental Normandy)

Etymology

From Old French color, from Latin color, colōrem.

Noun

couleur f (plural couleurs)

(Guernsey) color

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