discoloration

English

Alternative forms

• discolouration

Etymology

Etymology tree

English discolor

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin -ātiōlbor.

Old French -ationbor.

Middle English -acioun

English -ation

English discoloration

From discolor + -ation.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

discoloration (countable and uncountable, plural discolorations)

1. The act of discoloring, or the state of being discolored; an alteration of hue or appearance.
2. A discolored spot; a stain.

Translations

act of discolouring or state of being discolored

• Catalan: descoloriment m, descoloració f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變色 / 变色 (zh) (biànsè)

• Danish: misfarvning (da) c
• Finnish: värjääntyminen (fi), värjääminen (fi) (act); värivirhe (state)
• French: décoloration (fr) f
• Georgian: გაუფერულება (gauperuleba)
• German: Verfärbung (de) f
• Greek: αποχρωματισμός (el) m (apochromatismós)
• Japanese: 変色 (ja) (へんしょく, henshoku)
• Kazakh: түссіздендіру (tüssızdendıru)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: misfarging (no) m or f

  Nynorsk: misfarging f

• Polish: barwica (pl) f (of wood)
• Russian: обесцве́чивание (ru) n (obescvéčivanije)
• Spanish: decoloración f, descoloramiento (es) m

discoloured spot

• Finnish: värivirhe
• German: Verfärbung (de) f, Fleck (de) m, Blutfleck (de) m (blood), Kaffeefleck (de) m (coffee)
• Greek: αποχρωματισμός (el) m (apochromatismós)
• Latvian: blāvums m, nespodrums m
• Māori: poapoa