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A pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
Etymology tree English colour Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant English colourant From colour + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
оцветител
(ocvetitel)
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Chinese Mandarin:
著色劑 /著色剂
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Chinese Mandarin:
着色剂
(zhuósèjì)
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Finnish:
väriaine
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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French:
colorant
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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German:
Farbstoff
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Greek:
χρωστική
(chrostikí)
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Indonesian:
pewarna
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Japanese:
顔料
(ganryō)
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Māori:
waitae
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Portuguese:
corante
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Russian:
краси́тель
(krasítelʹ)
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Spanish:
colorante
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Swedish:
färgämne
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
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Ukrainian:
барвни́к
(barvnýk)
— a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue