palette

See also: Palette

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French palette. Doublet of pallet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpælɪt/, /ˈpælət/
• IPA^(key): /pəˈlɛt/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpælət/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ælɪt
• Homophones: palate, pallet, pallette

Noun

palette (plural palettes)

1. A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
2. The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
3. (computing, graphical user interface) A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
   • 2011, James Wedding, ‎Dana Probert, Mastering AutoCAD Civil 3D 2009 (page 394)

     It would be extremely beneficial to have the right subassemblies with the parameters already set available on your tool palette.

4. (historical) A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
5. A plate against which a person presses their breast to give force to a hand-operated drill.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• palette swap

• palettize
• subpalette

Translations

board

• Armenian: ներկապնակ (hy) (nerkapnak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調色板／调色板 (zh) (tiáosèbǎn), 调色板 (zh) (tiáosèbǎn)

• Czech: paleta (cs)
• Esperanto: paletro
• Finnish: paletti (fi)
• French: palette (fr) f
• German: Farbpalette f, Palette (de) f
• Greek: παλέτα (el) f (paléta)
• Hebrew: פתכה (he) f (ptekhá)
• Hungarian: paletta (hu)
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• Italian: tavolozza (it) f
• Japanese: パレット (paretto)
• Korean: 팔레트 (palleteu)
• Maori: papatā
• Neapolitan: tavulozza f
• Portuguese: paleta (pt) f
• Russian: пали́тра (ru) f (palítra)
• Spanish: paleta (es) f
• Swedish: palett (sv) c
• Tagalog: paleta

range of colors

• Armenian: ներկապնակ (hy) (nerkapnak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調色盤／调色盘, 顏色板／颜色板

• Czech: paleta (cs), barevná paleta
• Finnish: väripaletti
• French: palette (fr) f
• Gujarati: તકતી (taktī)
• Hungarian: paletta (hu), színskála (hu)
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• Italian: ^{(please verify)} tavolozza (it) f, ^{(please verify)} gamma di colori f
• Macedonian: пале́та f (paléta)
• Portuguese: paleta (pt) f
• Russian: пали́тра (ru) f (palítra)
• Spanish: gama de colores f, paleta (es) f
• Swedish: palett (sv) c, spektrum (sv) n

Anagrams

• peltate

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French palete (pale +‎ -ette (“diminutive”)).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

1. palette

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

palette f

1. plural of paletta

Anagrams

• peltate

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Middle English

Noun

palette

1. Alternative form of palate

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Norman

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French palete.

Noun

palette f (plural palettes)

1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.
2. (Jersey) pat (of butter)

Derived terms

• palette dé l'êpaule (“shoulder blade”)
• palette du g'nou (“kneecap”)