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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French couleur. Doublet of color.
Noun[edit]
couleur (plural couleurs)
- (card games) A suit of cards, in certain French card games.
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French[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Middle French couleur, Old French color, from Latin colōrem. The feminine gender's origin is unknown.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
couleur f (plural couleurs)
- color, colour
- 1986, “Il était une fois … un pays blanc [There Once Was… a White Land]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
- Au pays des couleurs, au pays des couleurs,
Il’y a des oiseaux bleus,
Et un lion jaune.
Il’y a des oiseaux bleus,
Et un lion jaune.
Au pays des couleurs, au pays des couleurs,
Il’y a des poissons rouges,
Et un crocodile vert.
Il’y a des poissons rouges,
Et un crocodile vert.
Il’y a des poissons rouges,
Et un crocodile vert.
Au pays des couleurs, au pays des couleurs,
Il’y a des animaux
De toutes les couleurs.
Il’y a des animaux
De toutes les couleurs.- In the land of colors, in the land of colors,
There are blue birds,
And a yellow lion.
There are blue birds,
And a yellow lion.
In the land of colors, in the land of colors,
There are red fish,
And a green crocodile.
There are red fish,
And a green crocodile.
In the land of colors, in the land of colors,
There are animals
Of all colors.
There are animals
Of all colors.
- In the land of colors, in the land of colors,
- (poker) a flush
- (card games) suit
- (heraldry) tincture, colour
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Descendants[edit]
- → Danish: kulør
- → Dutch: kleur
- Afrikaans: kleur
- → English: couleur
- → German: Couleur
- Haitian Creole: koulè
- Louisiana Creole: koulær, koulè, koulèr
- → Low German: Klöör
- → German Low German: Klür
- Norwegian:
- → Swedish: kulör
- → West Frisian: kleur
See also[edit]
blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading[edit]
- “couleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French color, from Latin color, colōrem.
Noun[edit]
couleur f (plural couleurs)
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