pallor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Etymology 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 References 2 Latin 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Inflection 2.3.2 Synonyms 2.3.3 Related terms 2.3.4 Descendants 2.4 References

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• pallour

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pallor (“‘paleness, pallor’”), from palleō (“‘I am or look pale, blanch’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ælə(r)

[edit] Noun

pallor (plural pallors)

1. Paleness; want of color; pallidity.

   pallor of the complexion

[edit] Translations

[edit] References

• pallor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From palleō (“‘I am or look pale, blanch’”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“‘gray’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈpal.lor/

[edit] Noun

pallor (genitive pallōris); m, third declension

1. a pale color, paleness, wanness, pallor
2. (by extension) mustiness, moldiness, mildew
3. (by extension) dimness, faintness
4. (by extension) a disagreeable color or shape, unsightliness
5. (figuratively) alarm, terror

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pallor	pallōrēs
genitive	pallōris	pallōrum
dative	pallōrī	pallōribus
accusative	pallōrem	pallōrēs
ablative	pallōre	pallōribus
vocative	pallor	pallōrēs

[edit] Synonyms

• (mildew): rōbīgō
• (paleness): aurūgō

[edit] Related terms

pallēns palleō pallēscō

pallidulus pallidus

[edit] Descendants

• English: pallor
• Italian: pallore
• Portuguese: bolor
• Spanish: palor

[edit] References

• “pallor” in Charlton T. Lewis & Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press)