farve

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Danish

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Etymology

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From earlier farge, from Middle Low German varwe, verwe, from *Old Saxon farwi, *farawi (colour), from Proto-Germanic *farwō, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *perḱ- (motley, coloured). Cognate with Old High German farawa (color) (German Farbe), Old High German faro (colored), Latin pulcher (beautiful, sheen), Ancient Greek περκνός (perknós, multicolored), Old Irish earc (spotted).

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ˈfɑːvə/, [ˈfɑ̈ːʋə], [ˈfɑ̈ːʊ]

Noun

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farve c (singular definite farven, plural indefinite farver)

  1. color (US), colour (UK)
  2. color, human skin tone
  3. dye, colourant used for hair

Inflection

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See also

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Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime              grøn             
             cyan; turkis              azurblå              blå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød
Suits in Danish · farver, kulører (layout · text)
hjerter ruder spar klør

Verb

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farve (past tense farvede, past participle farvet)

  1. colour
  2. colour, influence, affect

References

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