noun
Meaning 1
The act or art of coloring.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
coloration
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
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CMU ARPABET: K AH2 L ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The quality of being colored.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 4
Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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noun
Meaning 5
Political tendency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 7
choice and use of colors (as by an artist)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colouration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: choice, selection, option, pick
noun
Meaning 8
appearance with regard to color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her healthy coloration
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: colouration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: color, colour, coloring, colouring
Narrower terms: hair coloring, pigmentation, depigmentation, protective coloration
noun
Meaning 9
the timbre of a musical sound
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: color, colour, colouration
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: timbre, timber, quality, tone
History
Etymology
From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: оцветяване (ocvetjavane) — act of coloring
- French: coloration — act of coloring
- Galician: coloración — act of coloring
- Italian: coloratura — act of coloring
- Spanish: coloración — act of coloring
- Bulgarian: окраска (okraska) — quality of being colored
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