farbo

Esperanto

Blua farbo

Etymology

Borrowed from German Farbe. Compare Polish farba, Yiddish פֿאַרב (farb), archaic English fard.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfarbo/

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• Rhymes: -arbo
• Syllabification: far‧bo

Noun

farbo (accusative singular farbon, plural farboj, accusative plural farbojn)

1. paint

Derived terms

• farbi

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from German Farbe. Decision no. 769, Progreso V.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfarbo/

Noun

farbo (plural farbi)

1. paint, artificial coloring matter

Derived terms

• farbizar (“to paint (buildings, objects etc.)”)
• farbizuro (“the paint (put on)”)
• oleofarbo (“oil paint”)
• aquofarbo (“watercolor”)

See also

• fardo
• pigmento

References

• Progreso IV (in Ido), 1911–1912, page 235, 460, 602
• Progreso V (in Ido), 1912–1913, page 660