incolor

See also: in color

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [iŋ.kuˈlur]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia, Northwestern) [iŋ.koˈlor]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [iŋ.kuˈlor]

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• Rhymes: -oɾ

Adjective

incolor (feminine incolora, masculine plural incolors, feminine plural incolores)

1. colourless

Further reading

• “incolor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “incolor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “incolor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “incolor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Indo-European *n̥-

Proto-Italic *n̥-

Latin in-

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

Latin incolor

From in- + color (“color”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɪŋ.kɔ.ɫɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈiŋ.ko.lor]

Adjective

incolor (genitive incolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective (rare)

1. colorless
   • 1856, William Nylander, Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux, volume 21, page 438:

     Th[elenella]. modesta Nyl. L. P. 96; Verrucaria modesta Nyl. Coll. G. m. Pyr. p. 16. Thallus epiphlæodes albidus tenuis, continuus vel rimosus, protuberantiis parvis inæqualis, in quibus includuntur apothecia incolora, peritheciis superne pallescentibus, ostiolis puncto fusco sæpe conspicuis; sporæ 8^næ (in thecis cylindraceis) ellipsoideæ incolores, murali-divisæ, longit. 0,019-38 millim., crassit. 0,011-18 millim., paraphyses gracillimæ.

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   • 1856, Actes de la Société linnéenne de Bordeaux, volume 21, page 396:

     Gr[aphis]. Smithii Leight. Br. Graph. p 41; Opegrapha scripta Sm. E. Bot. t. 1813; Op. dendritica Desmaz. Cr. Fr. sér. 2, 42; Gr. inconspicua Fée Ess. p. 39 (saltem pr. p., ex hb. auct.). Hypothecio infra non infuscato, sed incolore (in sicco albo vel albido, ut hymenium) differt a formis similibus (apotheciis minus ramosis) præcedentis.

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Usage notes

The nominative singular is attested in the Latin-Greek glossary of Pseudo-Philoxenus, where it is equated to Greek ἄχροος (ákhroos). Most declined forms are unattested except in New Latin texts (such as botanical descriptions), where the declension varies between i-stem and non-i-stem endings. The i-stem endings are given by Short and George 2013.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective (i-stem or non-i-stem).

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	incolor			incolōrēs	incolōria incolōra
genitive	incolōris			incolōrium incolōrum
dative	incolōrī			incolōribus
accusative	incolōrem	incolor		incolōrīs incolōrēs	incolōria incolōra
ablative	incolōrī incolōre			incolōribus
vocative	incolor			incolōrēs	incolōria incolōra

Further reading

• “incolor”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Forcellini, Egidio; Furlanetto, Giuseppe (ed.); Corradini, Francesco (ed.); and Perin, Giuseppe (ed.) (1733-1965). Lexicon Totius Latinitatis. Bologna: Arnaldo Forni. Vol. II. p. 782.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koˈloʁ/ [ĩ.koˈloh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koˈloʁ/ [ĩ.koˈloh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koˈloɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koˈloʁ/ [ĩ.koˈloχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /ĩ.koˈloɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuˈloɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuˈloɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.kuˈlo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: in‧co‧lor

Adjective

incolor m or f (plural incolores)

1. colourless

Further reading

• “incolor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French incolore, from Latin incolor. Equivalent to in- +‎ color.

Adjective

incolor m or n (feminine singular incoloră, masculine plural incolori, feminine/neuter plural incolore)

1. colourless

Declension

Declension of incolor

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	incolor		incoloră	incolori	incolore
	definite	incolorul		incolora	incolorii	incolorele
genitive- dative	indefinite	incolor		incolore	incolori	incolore
	definite	incolorului		incolorei	incolorilor	incolorelor