kleur

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Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klɪør/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

kleur (plural kleure)

  1. A color, colour.
  2. A suit (of cards).

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

kleur f (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurtje n)

  1. A color, colour.
  2. A party obedience, as in politics.
  3. A suit (of cards).
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Negerhollands: koleur
  • → Sranan Tongo: kloru
    • → Caribbean Javanese: klir
See also
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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kleur

  1. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of kleuren
  2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of kleuren

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

kleur c (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurke)

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

Further reading

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