palette

English

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Etymology

From French palette

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈpælɪt/
• (US) IPA: /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/
• (Australia) IPA: /ˈpælət/

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• Rhymes: -ælɪt
• Homophones: palate, pallet, pallette

Noun

palette (plural palettes)

1. A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
2. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
3. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
4. A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Derived terms

• floating palette
• palette swap
• palettize
• subpalette

Translations

board

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調色板 (cmn), 调色板 (cmn) (tiáosèbǎn)

• Czech: paleta (cs)
• Finnish: paletti (fi)
• French: palette (fr) f
• German: Farbpalette (de) f, Palette (de) f
• Greek: παλέτα (el) (paléta) f
• Hebrew: פתכה (he) (ptekhá) f

• Hungarian: paletta (hu)
• Italian: tavolozza (it) f
• Japanese: パレット (ja) (paretto)
• Korean: 팔레트 (ko) (palleteu)
• Neapolitan: tavulozza (nap) f
• Russian: палитра (ru) (palítra) f
• Swedish: palett (sv) c

range of colors

• Czech: paleta (cs), barevná paleta (cs)
• Finnish: väripaletti (fi)
• Hungarian: paletta (hu), színskála (hu)
• Italian: tavolozza (it) f, ‎gamma di colori f

• Macedonian: палета (mk) (paléta) f
• Russian: палитра (ru) (palítra) f
• Spanish: gama de colores (es) f

Anagrams

• peltate

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French

Etymology

From Old French palete (pale +‎ -ette, "diminutive").

Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

1. palette

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Italian

Noun

palette f

1. Plural form of paletta

Anagrams

• peltate

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From Old French palete.

Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

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2. (of butter) pat

Derived terms

• palette dé l'êpaule
• palette du g'nou