kleur

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Afrikaans[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /klɪør/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1[edit]

From Dutch kleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from French couleur, from Latin color.

Noun[edit]

kleur (plural kleure, diminutive kleurtjie)

  1. color; colour
  2. (card games) a suit of cards.
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

From Dutch kleuren.

Verb[edit]

kleur (present kleur, present participle kleurende, past participle gekleur)

  1. to color, to colour
  2. to dye
  3. to stain
    Synonym: vlek
  4. to tint, to tinge
    Synonym: tint
  5. (photography, cinematography) to colorize, to colourise
Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Afrikaans · kleure (layout · text)
     wit      grys      swart
             rooi; karmosyn              oranje; bruin              geel; room
             lemmetjie              groen              mentgroen
             siaan; teel              asuur, hemelsblou              blou
             violet; indigo              magenta; pers              pienk

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kløːr/, (chiefly Northern Dutch) [klʏːr], (Southern Dutch) [kløːr]
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kleur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Etymology 1[edit]

From earlier koleur, coleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from Middle French couleur, from Latin color.

Noun[edit]

kleur f (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurtje n)

  1. A color, colour.
  2. A party obedience, as in politics.
  3. A suit (of cards).
Alternative forms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Afrikaans: kleur
  • Negerhollands: koleur
  • → Sranan Tongo: kloru
    • → Caribbean Javanese: klir
See also[edit]
Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

kleur

  1. inflection of kleuren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch kleur, from French couleur, from Latin color.

Noun[edit]

kleur c (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurke)

  1. A colo(u)r.
  2. A suit (of cards).

Further reading[edit]

  • “kleur”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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