Définition anglaise de “colour”

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Définition de "colour" - Dictionnaire Anglais

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colournoun

UK US color uk ​ /ˈkʌl.ər/ us ​ /ˈkʌl.ɚ/

colour noun (APPEARANCE)

A1 [ C or U ] red, blue, green, yellow, etc.:

What's your favourite colour?
She wears a lot of bright colours.
What colour are your eyes?
Does the shirt come in any other colour?
I like rich jewel colours, such as purple, blue, and green.
Are the photos in colour or black and white?

› [ U ] the pleasant effect of a bright colour or of a lot of colours together:

I think we need a bit of colour in this room.
Red and yellow peppers give a little colour to the sauce.
literary The whole garden was ablaze with/a riot of colour (= full of different bright colours).

› [ C ] a substance, such as a paint or dye, that you add to something to give it a particular colour:

I put my new green shirt in a hot wash and the colour ran (= the colour came out of the material).

› [ U ] a pink colour in someone's face, often showing good health or showing feelings such as embarrassment or excitement:

That walk has put some colour in your cheeks.
I watched the colour drain from her face as she heard the news.
She has a high colour (= the natural colour of her face is red).

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colour noun (RACE)

C2 [ C or U ] the natural colour of a person's skin which shows which race they belong to:

She felt she had not been given the job because of her colour.
There should be no discrimination on the grounds of color.
people of colour

› used to describe people who are not white:

We need to protect the rights of people of colour.

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Idiom(s)

see sb's true colours
show sb in their true colours

colouradjective

UK US color uk ​ /ˈkʌl.ər/ us ​ /ˈkʌl.ɚ/

colourverb

UK US color uk ​ /ˈkʌl.ər/ us ​ /ˈkʌl.ɚ/

colour verb (BECOME A COLOUR)

A1 [ I or T ] to become a particular colour, or to make something a particular colour:

Do you think he colours his hair?
He drew a heart and coloured it red.
Fry the onions till they start to colour.

› [ I ] to become red in the face because you are embarrassed

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Phrasal verb(s)

colour sth in

(Definition of “colour” from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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