colorer

English

Alternative forms

• colourer

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *-ōs

Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs

Proto-Italic *kelōs

Old Latin colōs

Latin color

Old French color

Anglo-Norman colurbor.

Middle English colour

English color

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English colorer

From color + -er.

Noun

colorer (plural colorers)

1. One who colors.

Synonyms

• colorist

Anagrams

• corrole, crooler, recolor

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French colorer; from couleur (Old French color), influenced by Latin colorāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

colorer

1. to color

Conjugation

Conjugation of colorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	colorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	colorant /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		coloré /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colores /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colorons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɔ̃/	colorez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/	colorent /kɔ.lɔʁ/
	imperfect	colorais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/	colorais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/	colorait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/	colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/	coloraient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	colorai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/	coloras /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/	colora /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/	colorâmes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁam/	colorâtes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁat/	colorèrent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	colorerai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	coloreras /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	colorera /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	colorerons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	colorerez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	coloreront /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	colorerais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	colorerais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	colorerait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	colorerions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	coloreriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	coloreraient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colores /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/	colorent /kɔ.lɔʁ/
	imperfect2	colorasse /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/	colorasses /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/	colorât /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/	colorassions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	colorassiez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.sje/	colorassent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	—	colorons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɔ̃/	colorez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “colorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Latin

Verb

colōrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of colōrō

Old French

Etymology

From color, influenced by Latin colōrō, colōrāre.

Verb

colorer

1. to color

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. This verb has a stressed present stem coleur distinct from the unstressed stem color. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of colorer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		colorer			avoir coloré
gerund		en colorant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		colorant
past participle		coloré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	coleur	coleures	coleure	colorons	colorez	coleurent
	imperfect	coloroie, coloreie, coloroe, coloreve	coloroies, coloreies, coloroes, coloreves	coloroit, coloreit, colorot, coloreve	coloriiens, coloriens	coloriiez, coloriez	coloroient, coloreient, coloroent, colorevent
	preterite	colorai	coloras	colora	colorames	colorastes	colorerent
	future	colorerai	coloreras	colorera	colorerons	coloreroiz, colorereiz, colorerez	coloreront
	conditional	coloreroie, colorereie	coloreroies, colorereies	coloreroit, colorereit	coloreriiens, coloreriens	coloreriiez, coloreriez	coloreroient, colorereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	coleur	coleurs	coleurt	colorons	colorez	coleurent
	imperfect	colorasse	colorasses	colorast	colorissons, colorissiens	colorissoiz, colorissez, colorissiez	colorassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	coleure	—	colorons	colorez	—

Descendants

• French: colorer