dye

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• homophone: die
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• homophone: Di
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• homophone: dy
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From Middle English deye, from Old English dēah, dēag (“color, hue, dye”), from Proto-West Germanic *daugu (“color, shade”), from *daugan (“to conceal, be dark”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhewh2- (“to smoke, raise dust, camouflage”). Cognates Cognate with Old High German tougan (“dark, secretive”), tougal (“dark, hidden, covert”), Old English dēagol, dīegle (“dark, hidden, secret”), Old English dohs, dox (“dusky, dark”). See dusk.

Fom Middle English deien, from Old English dēagian, from the noun.

178 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: bojë — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Southern Altai: бойу (boyu) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Arabic: صِبْغَة (ṣibḡa) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Arabic: صبغة (ṣabḡa) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Armenian: ներկ (nerk) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Asturian: tiñe — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Azerbaijani: boya — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Azerbaijani: rəng — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Belarusian: фарбава́льнік (farbaválʹnik) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Belarusian: фа́рба (fárba) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Bulgarian: боя́ (bojá) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Bulgarian: багри́ло (bagrílo) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Burmese: ဆိုးဆေး (hcui:hce:) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Catalan: tint — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Chinese Mandarin: 染料 (rǎnliào) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Chuvash: сӑрӑ (sără) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Czech: barva — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Czech: barvivo — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Danish: farve — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Danish: farvestof — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Dutch: kleur — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Dutch: kleurstof — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Esperanto: kolorigilo — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Esperanto: tinkturo — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Estonian: värvaine — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Finnish: värjäysaine — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Finnish: väriaine — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Finnish: väri — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• French: teinture — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Galician: colorante — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Galician: tintura — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Georgian: საღებავი (saɣebavi) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• German: Färbemittel — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• German: Färbmittel — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• German: Färbung (Farbnuance) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• German: Farbstoff — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Greek: βαφή (vafí) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Ancient Greek: βαφή (baphḗ) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Ancient Greek: βάμμα (bámma) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Hawaiian: waihoʻoluʻu — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Hebrew: צֶבַע (tsévaʿ) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Hindi: रंग (raṅg) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Hindi: रंजक (rañjak) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Hungarian: festék — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Icelandic: litur — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Icelandic: litarefni — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Indonesian: pewarna — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Indonesian: pencelup — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Italian: tintura — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Japanese: 染料 (senryō) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Kalmyk: будг (budg) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Kazakh: бояғыш (boäğyş) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Kazakh: бояу (boäu) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Korean: 염료 (yeomnyo) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Kyrgyz: боёк (boyok) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Latin: tinctūra — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Latvian: krāsa — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Latvian: krāsviela — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Macedonian: боја (boja) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Malay: pewarna — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Malay: pencelup — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Māori: wairākau — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Māori: tae — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Māori: waitae — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Maranao: randang — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Marathi: मेंदी (mendī) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Mongolian: будаг (budag) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Mongolian: ᠪᠤᠳᠤᠭ (buduɣ) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Norwegian Bokmål: fargestoff — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fargestoff — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Old English: dēag — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Pashto: ورېغ — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Persian: رنگ (rang) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Persian: رزانه (razâne) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Persian: جوهر (jowhar) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Polish: barwnik — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Polish: farba — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Polish: barwidło — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Portuguese: corante — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Portuguese: tintura — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Romanian: colorant — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Romanian: vopsea — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Russian: кра́ска (kráska) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Russian: краси́тель (krasítelʹ) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Serbo-Croatian: фа̑рба — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Serbo-Croatian: fȃrba — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Slovak: farba — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Slovak: farbivo — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Slovene: barvilo — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Spanish: tinte — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Spanish: tintura — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Swedish: färgämne — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Tajik: ранг (rang) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Telugu: రంగు పదార్థం (raṅgu padārthaṁ) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Turkish: boya — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Ottoman Turkish: بویا (boya) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Turkmen: boýag — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Turkmen: reňk — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Ukrainian: барвни́к (barvnýk) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Ukrainian: фа́рба (fárba) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Ukrainian: ба́рва (bárva) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Urdu: رنگ (raṅg) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Uyghur: بوياق (boyaq) — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Uzbek: boʻyoq — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Uzbek: rang — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Vietnamese: thuốc nhuộm — a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied
• Southern Altai: бойор (boyor) — to colour with dye
• Arabic: صَبَغَ (ṣabaḡa) — to colour with dye
• Arabic: صبغ (ṣabaḡ) — to colour with dye
• Avar: белъине (belsine) — to colour with dye
• Bulgarian: боядисвам (bojadisvam) — to colour with dye
• Catalan: tenyir — to colour with dye
• Chinese Mandarin: 染 (rǎn) — to colour with dye
• Czech: barvit — to colour with dye
• Czech: obarvit — to colour with dye
• Danish: farve — to colour with dye
• Dutch: kleuren — to colour with dye
• Dutch: verven — to colour with dye
• Esperanto: kolorigi — to colour with dye
• Esperanto: tinkturi — to colour with dye
• Finnish: värjätä — to colour with dye
• Finnish: sävyttää — to colour with dye
• French: teindre — to colour with dye
• Friulian: tenzi — to colour with dye
• Galician: tinxir — to colour with dye
• Galician: tinguir — to colour with dye
• Gallurese: pintà — to colour with dye
• German: färben — to colour with dye
• German: einfärben — to colour with dye
• Greek: βάφω (váfo) — to colour with dye
• Ancient Greek: βάπτω (báptō) — to colour with dye
• Greek: ῥέζω (rhézō) — to colour with dye
• Hawaiian: hoʻoluʻu — to colour with dye
• Hebrew: צָבַע (tsaváʿ) — to colour with dye
• Hungarian: fest — to colour with dye
• Icelandic: lita — to colour with dye
• Italian: tingere — to colour with dye
• Japanese: 染める (someru) — to colour with dye
• Korean: 염색하다 (yeomsaekhada) — to colour with dye
• Latin: tingō — to colour with dye
• Latin: tinguō — to colour with dye
• Latvian: krāsot — to colour with dye
• Luxembourgish: afierwen — to colour with dye
• Manx: daaghey — to colour with dye
• Māori: tāwai — to colour with dye
• Occitan: ténher — to colour with dye
• Occitan: tenchar — to colour with dye
• Occitan: tintar — to colour with dye
• Pashto: رنګول — to colour with dye
• Persian: رزیدن (razidan) — to colour with dye
• Persian: رشتن (raštan) — to colour with dye
• Polish: barwić — to colour with dye
• Polish: farbować — to colour with dye
• Portuguese: tingir — to colour with dye
• Romanian: vopsi — to colour with dye
• Russian: кра́сить (krásitʹ) — to colour with dye
• Campidanese Sardinian: pintài — to colour with dye
• Sardinian: pintare — to colour with dye
• Sassarese: pintà — to colour with dye
• Serbo-Croatian: фарбати — to colour with dye
• Serbo-Croatian: офарбати — to colour with dye
• Serbo-Croatian: farbati — to colour with dye
• Serbo-Croatian: ofarbati — to colour with dye
• Sicilian: tìnciri — to colour with dye
• Sicilian: tìngiri — to colour with dye
• Slovak: farbiť — to colour with dye
• Slovak: zafarbiť — to colour with dye
• Spanish: teñir — to colour with dye
• Spanish: tinturar — to colour with dye
• Swedish: färga — to colour with dye
• Telugu: రంగు అద్దు (raṅgu addu) — to colour with dye
• Thai: ย้อม (yɔ́ɔm) — to colour with dye
• Turkish: boyamak — to colour with dye
• Ukrainian: фарбува́ти (farbuváty) — to colour with dye
• Venetan: ténxer — to colour with dye
• Venetan: ténxar — to colour with dye
• Venetan: ténzar — to colour with dye
• Vietnamese: nhuộm — to colour with dye