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kleur

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /klɪør/
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Etymology 1

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From Dutch kleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from French couleur, from Latin color.

Noun

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kleur (plural kleure, diminutive kleurtjie)

  1. color; colour
  2. (card games) a suit of cards.
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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From Dutch kleuren.

Verb

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kleur (present kleur, present participle kleurende, past participle gekleur)

  1. to color, to colour
  2. to dye
  3. to stain
    Synonym: vlek
  4. to tint, to tinge
    Synonym: tint
  5. (photography, cinematography) to colorize, to colourise
Derived terms
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See also

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Colors in Afrikaans · kleure (layout · text)
     wit      grys      swart
             rooi; karmosyn              oranje; bruin              geel; room
             lemmetjie              groen              mentgroen
             siaan; teel              asuur, hemelsblou              blou
             violet; indigo              magenta; pers              pienk

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kløːr/, (chiefly Northern Dutch) [klʏːr], (Southern Dutch) [kløːr]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kleur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Etymology 1

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From earlier koleur, coleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from Middle French couleur, from Latin color.

Noun

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kleur f (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurtje n)

  1. a color, colour
  2. a party obedience, as in politics
  3. a suit (of cards)
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Afrikaans: kleur
  • Negerhollands: koleur
  • → Sranan Tongo: kloru
    • → Caribbean Javanese: klir
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Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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kleur

  1. inflection of kleuren:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

West Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch kleur, from French couleur, from Latin color.

Noun

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kleur c (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurke)

  1. A colo(u)r.
  2. A suit (of cards).

Further reading

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  • “kleur”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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