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colourant

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈkʌlər(ə)nt/
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noun

Meaning 1

A pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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.

  • Bulgarian: оцветител (ocvetitel) — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 著色劑 /著色剂 — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Chinese Mandarin: 着色剂 (zhuósèjì) — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Finnish: väriaine — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • French: colorant — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • German: Farbstoff — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Greek: χρωστική (chrostikí) — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Indonesian: pewarna — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Japanese: 顔料 (ganryō) — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Māori: waitae — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Portuguese: corante — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Russian: краси́тель (krasítelʹ) — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Spanish: colorante — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Swedish: färgämne — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • Ukrainian: барвни́к (barvnýk) — a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue