English-Thai Dictionary
Colombia
N ประเทศ โคลัมเบีย pra-thed-ko-lam-bia
Colombia
N โคลัมเบีย ko-lam-bia
Colorado
N แม่น้ำ โคโลราโด mae-nam-ko-lo-ra-do
Colorado
N โคโลราโด รัฐ ทางตะวันตก ของ อเมริกา ko-lo-ra-do
colocynth
N พืชช นิดหนึ่ง จำพวก Citrullus colocynthis
cologne
N โคโลญจ์ น้ำหอม ประเภท โคโลญจ์ eaude cologne ko-lon
colon
N เครื่องหมาย kreang-mai
colonel
N พันเอก พันเอก (ทหารบก อังกฤษ นาวาเอก (ทหาร นาวิกโยธิน นายพัน pan-aek
colonelcy
N ตำแหน่ง ของ นาย พันเอก
colonial
ADJ เกี่ยวกับ อาณานิคม kaio-kab-ar-na-ni-kom
colonialism
N การ ล่า อาณานิคม การ ล่า เมืองขึ้น colonisation colonization subjection kan-lar-ar-na-ni-kom
colonist
N ผู้ ที่ ไป อาศัย ใน อาณานิคม phu-ti-pai-ar-sai-nai-ar-na-ni-kom
colonize
VI บุกเบิก อาณานิคม สร้าง อาณานิคม ตั้ง อาณานิคม ยึด เป็น อาณานิคม อพยพ ไป ตั้งถิ่นฐาน settle migrate immigrate transplant buk-bak-ar-na-ni-kom
colonize
VT บุกเบิก อาณานิคม สร้าง อาณานิคม ตั้ง อาณานิคม ยึด เป็น อาณานิคม อพยพ ไป ตั้งถิ่นฐาน settle transplant pioneer buk-bak-ar-na-ni-kom
colonnade
N แนว ต้นไม้ columniation nael-ton-mai
colonnade
N แนว เสา ระเบียง แนว เสา หิน columns portico pillars arcade columniation nael-sal-ra-biang
colony
N กลุ่ม หมู่ เหล่า พวก community group swarm klum
colony
N ประชาชน ใน อาณานิคม people community pioneers colonists forerunners pra-cha-chon-nai-ar-na-ni-kom
colony
N ประเทศ อาณานิคม เมืองขึ้น ประเทศราช settlement dependency dominion possession mandate par=thad-ar-na-ni-kom
colophon
N ชื่อ เมือง โบราณ หนึ่ง ใน เอเชีย ไมเนอร์
colophony
N ชันสน สารที่ ได้ จาก การกลั่นน้ำมัน สน
coloquintida
N พืช พวก Citrullus Colocynthis bitter apple colocynth
color
N ข้ออ้าง คำกล่าวอ้าง pretext excuse kor-ang
color
N ความ มีสีสัน สีสัน ความมีชีวิตชีวา ความสด ใส luminosity iridescence glow vividness brilliance piquancy zest freshness liveliness vitality colorfulness colourfulness brightness richness pallor drabness dullness dimness kwam-me-se-san
color
N คุณ ภาพ ที่ เด่นชัด value complexion interest kun-na-phab-ti-den-chad
color
N คุณ ภาพ เสียง kun-na-phab-siang
color
N ลักษณะ ภายนอก คุณ ลักษณะ hue appearance guise colour coloring colouring lak-sa-na-pai-nok
color
N ศิลปะ การ ใช้ สี sin-la-pa-kan-chai-se
color
N สี hue tone tinge tint pigment pigmentation chromaticity undertone cast tincture paint se
color
N สีผิว ของช นที่ ไม่ใช่ คนผิวขาว se-phio-kong-chon-ti-mai-chai-kon-phio-khal
color
N สีผิว ที่ มี สุขภาพ ดี complexion se-phio-ti-me-suk-ka-pab-de
color
N สีสัน ต่างๆ se-san-tang-tang
color
N เม็ด สี รงควัตถุ สีย้อม pigment pigmentation tint chromaticity dye cast med-se
color
N ใบ หน้าที่ มี สีแดง เพราะ สุขภาพ ดี ใบหน้า มี เลือดฝาด blush flush bai-na-ti-me-se-daeng-phrow-suk-ka-phab-de
color
VI หน้าแดง flush blush redden nan-dang
color
VI เปลี่ยนสี tone discolor discolour plia-se
color
VT ทาสี ระบายสี ย้อมสี tinge tint pigment dye paint stain stipple ta-se
color
VT มีอิทธิพล ต่อ (ความคิด influence control power me-id-ti-pon-tor
color-blind
ADJ ที่ มี ตาบอดสี colour-blind ti-me-ta-bod-se
colorable
ADJ ที่ สามารถ เป็น สี ได้ ti-sa-mad-pen-se-dai
colorant
N สีย้อม dye pigment se-yom
coloration
N การ ใช้ สี kan-chai-se
coloratura
N การ ร้องเพลง ด้วย เสียง อัน ไพเราะ kan-rong-pleng-duai-siang-an-pai-ror
coloratura
N เนื้อร้อง ของ เพลง ท่อน ที่ ต้อง ร้อง เร็ว และ ยาก มาก (โดยเฉพาะ ใน เพลง โอเปร่า nuea-rong-kong-pleng-ton-ti-tong-rong-reo-lae-yak-mak
colored
ADJ ของ กลุ่ม ที่ ไม่ใช่ ชน ผิวขาว coloured kong-kum-ti-mai-chai-kon-phio-khal
colored
ADJ ที่ มี สี coloured ti-me-se
colorfast
ADJ ที่ มี สี ทน นาน ti-me-se-ton-nan
colorful
ADJ ที่ มีชีวิตชีวา มี รสชาติ สนุกสนาน colourful vivid lively cheerful eventful bright ti-me-chi-wid-chi-wa
colorful
ADJ ที่ มีสีสัน สดใส หลาก สี ฉูดฉาด colourful picturesque multicolored multicoloured flamboyant parti-colored parti-coloured ti-me-se-san-sod-sai
colorific
A เกี่ยวกับ สี ที่ ทำให้เกิด สี
colorimeter
N เครื่องวัด เปรียบ เทียยบ สี
colorimetry
N การ เปรียบเทียบ สี
coloring
N กระบวนการ เปลี่ยนสี วิธีการ ใส่ สี kra-buan-kan-pian-se
coloring
N สีผสมอาหาร colouring food coloring food colouring se-pa-som-ar-han
coloring
N สีผิว หรือ สีผม se-pil-rue-se-pom
colorist
N นัก วาดรูป ระบายสี ช่าง ย้อมสี colourist
colorless
ADJ ที่ ไม่มี สี ti-mai-me-se
colors
N ธง banner flag tong
colossal
ADJ มหึมา ใหญ่โต enormous immense ma-hue-ma
colosseum
N โรงละคร ใน สมัยโบราณ เป็น ครึ่งวงกลม
colossus
N รูปปั้น ที่ ใหญ่ มหึมา rub-pan-ti-yai-ma-hue-ma
colossus
N สิ่ง ที่ ใหญ่โต หรือ มีอำนาจ มาก สิ่ง ที่ มีความสำคัญ มาก sing-ti-yai-tol-rue-me-am-nad-mak
colostrum
N น้ำนม มาดา แรก หลังจาก คลอด
colotomy
N ศัลยกรรม ผ่า ลำไส้ใหญ่
colour
N ข้ออ้าง คำกล่าวอ้าง pretext excuse kor-ang
colour
N ความ มีสีสัน สีสัน ความมีชีวิตชีวา ความสด ใส luminosity iridescence glow vividness brilliance piquancy zest freshness liveliness vitality colorfulness colourfulness brightness richness pallor drabness dullness dimness kwam-me-se-san
colour
N คุณ ภาพ ที่ เด่นชัด value complexion interest kun-na-phab-ti-den-chad
colour
N คุณ ภาพ เสียง kun-na-phab-siang
colour
N ลักษณะ ภายนอก คุณ ลักษณะ hue appearance guise colour coloring colouring lak-sa-na-pai-nok
colour
N ศิลปะ การ ใช้ สี sin-la-pa-kan-chai-se
colour
N สี hue tone tinge tint pigment pigmentation chromaticity undertone cast tincture paint se
colour
N สีผิว ของช นที่ ไม่ใช่ คนผิวขาว se-phio-kong-chon-ti-mai-chai-kon-phio-khal
colour
N สีผิว ที่ มี สุขภาพ ดี complexion se-phio-ti-me-suk-ka-pab-de
colour
N สีสัน ต่างๆ se-san-tang-tang
colour
N เม็ด สี รงควัตถุ สีย้อม pigment pigmentation tint chromaticity dye cast med-se
colour
N ใบ หน้าที่ มี สีแดง เพราะ สุขภาพ ดี ใบหน้า มี เลือดฝาด blush flush bai-na-ti-me-se-daeng-phrow-suk-ka-phab-de
colour
VI หน้าแดง flush blush redden nan-dang
colour
VI เปลี่ยนสี tone discolor discolour plia-se
colour
VT ทาสี ระบายสี ย้อมสี tinge tint pigment dye paint stain stipple ta-se
colour
VT มีอิทธิพล ต่อ (ความคิด influence control power me-id-ti-pon-tor
colour in
PHRV เติม สีสัน ให้ กับ ใส่ สี ให้ กับ toem-se-san-hai-kab
colour up
PHRV(หน้า แดง ด้วย ความอาย flame up flush up dang-duai-kwam-ai
colour up
PHRV ทำให้ น่าตื่นเต้น tam-hai-na-tuen-ten
colour-blind
ADJ ซึ่ง บอดสี color-blind sueng-bod-se
coloured
ADJ ของ กลุ่ม ที่ ไม่ใช่ ชน ผิวขาว colored kong-kum-ti-mai-chai-kon-phio-khal
coloured
ADJ ที่ มี สี colored ti-me-se
colourful
ADJ มีชีวิตชีวา มี รสชาติ สนุกสนาน colorful vivid lively cheerful eventful bright me-chi-wid-chi-wa
colourful
ADJ มีสีสัน สดใส หลาก สี ฉูดฉาด colorful picturesque multicolored multicoloured flamboyant parti-colored parti-coloured ti-me-se-san-sod-sai
colouring
N กระบวนการ เปลี่ยนสี kra-buan-kan-pian-se
colouring
N สีผสมอาหาร coloration colouration se-pa-som-ar-han
colouring
N สีผิว หรือ สีผม coloring color colour complexion se-pil-rue-se-pom
colourless
ADJ ที่ ไม่มี สี ti-mai-me-se
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
COLOCYNTH
n.The coloquintida, or bitter apple of the shops, a kind of gourd, from Aleppo and from Crete. It contains a bitter pulp, which is a drastic purge.
COLOGNE-EARTH
n.A kind of light bastard ocher, of a deep brown color, not a pure native fossil, but containing more vegetable than mineral matter; supposed to be the remains of wood long buried in the earth. It is an earthy variety of lignite or brown coal.
COLOMBO
n.A root from colombo in Ceylon. Its smell is aromatic, and its taste pungent and bitter. It is much esteemed as a tonic in dyspeptic and bilious diseases.
COLON
n. 1. In anatomy, the largest of the intestines, or rather the largest division of the intestinal canal; beginning at the ceecum, and ascending by the right kidney, it passes under the hollow part of the liver, and the bottom of the stomach, to the spleen; thence descending by the left kidney, it passes, in the form of an S, to the upper part of the os sacrum, where, from its straight course, the canal takes the name of rectum.
2. In grammar, a point or character formed thus [:], used to mark a pause, greater than that of a semicolon, but less than that of a period; or rather it is used when the sense of the division of a period is complete, so as to admit a full point; but something is added by way of illustration, or the description is continued by an additional remark, without a necessary dependence on the foregoing members of the sentence. Thus,
A brute arrives at a point of perfection he can never pass: in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of.
The colon is often used before an address, quotation or example. Mr. Gray was followed by Mr. Erskine, who spoke thus: I rise to second the motion of my honorable friend. But the propriety of this depends on the pause, and this depends on the form of introducing the quotation; for after say, said, or a like word, the colon is not used, and seems to be improper. Thus in our version of the scriptures, such members are almost invariably followed by a comma. But Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye ask.
The use of the colon is not uniform; nor is it easily defined and reduced to rules. Indeed the use of it might be dispensed with without much inconvenience.
COLONEL
n.The chief commander of a regiment of troops, whether infantry or cavalry. He ranks next below a brigadier-general. In England, colonel-lieutenant is the commander of a regiment of guards, of which the king, prince or other person of eminence is colonel. Lieutenant-colonel is the second officer in a regiment, and commands it in the absence of the colonel.
COLONELCY
n.
COLONELSHIP
n.The office, rank or commission of a colonel.
COLONIAL
a.[See Colony. ] Pertaining to a colony; as colonial government; colonial rights.
COLONIST
n.[See Colony. ] An inhabitant of a colony.
COLONIZATION
n.The act of colonizing, or state of being colonized.
COLONIZE
v.t. 1. To plant or establish a colony in; to plant or settle a number of the subjects of a kingdom or state in a remote country, for the purpose of cultivation, commerce or defense, and for permanent residence.
The Greeks colonized the South of Italy and of France.
2. To migrate and settle in, as inhabitants. English Puritans colonized New England.
COLONIZED
pp. Settle or planted with a colony.
COLONIZING
ppr. Planting with a colony.
COLONIZING
n.The act of establishing a colony. This state paper has been adopted as the basis of all her later colonizings.
COLONNADE
n. 1. In architecture, a peristyle of a circular figure, or a series of columns, disposed in a circle, and insulated within side.
2. Any series of range of columns.
A polystyle colonnade is a range of columns too great to be taken in by the eye at a single view; as that of the palace of St. Peter at Rome, consisting of 284 columns of the Doric order.
COLONY
n. 1. A company or body of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country to cultivate and inhabit it, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as the British colonies in America or the Indies; the Spanish colonies in South America. When such settlements cease to be subject to the parent state, they are no longer denominated colonies.
The first settles of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials.
2. The country planted or colonized; a plantation; also, the body of inhabitants in a territory colonized, including the descendants of the first planters. The people, though born in the territory, retain the name of colonists, till they cease to be subjects of the parent state.
3. A collection of animals; as colonies of shell-fish.
COLOPHON
n.The conclusion of a book, formerly containing the place or year, or both, of its publication.
COLOPHONITE
n.A variety of garnet, of a reddish yellow or brown color, occurring in small amorphous granular masses.
COLOPHONY
n.In pharmacy, black resin or turpentine boiled in water and dried; or the residuum, after distillation of the etherial oil of turpentine, being further urged by a more intense and long continued fire. It is so named from Colophon in Ionia, whence the best was formerly brought.
COLOQUINTIDA
n.The colocynth or bitter apple, the fruit of a plant of the genus Cucumis, a native of Syria and of Crete. It is of the size of a large orange, containing a pulp which is violently purgative, but sometimes useful as a medicine.
COLOR
n. 1. In physics, a property inherent in light, which, by a difference in the rays and the laws of refraction, or some other cause, gives to bodies particular appearances to the eye. The principal colors are red, orange, yellow, green blue, indigo and violet. White is not properly a color; as a white body reflects the rays of light without separating them. Black bodies, on the contrary, absorb all the rays, or nearly all, and therefore black is no distinct color. But in common discourse, white and black are denominated colors; and all the colors admit of many shades of difference.
2. Appearance of a body to the eye, or a quality of sensation, caused by the rays of light; hue; dye; as the color of gold, or of indigo.
3. A red color; the freshness or appearance of blood in the face.
My cheeks no longer did their color boast.
4. Appearance to the mind; as, prejudice puts a false color upon objects.
5. Superficial cover; palliation; that which serves to give an appearance of right; as, their sin admitted no color or excuse.
6. External appearance; false show; pretense; guise.
Under the color of commending him,
I have access my own love to prefer.
7. Kind; species; character; complexion.
Boys and women are, for the most part, cattle of this color.
8. That which is used for coloring; paint; as red lead, ocher, orpiment, cinnabar, or vermilion, etc.
9. Colors, with a plural termination, in the military art, a flag, ensign or standard, borne in an army or fleet. [See Flag. ]
1 . In law, color in pleading is when the defendant in assize or trespass, gives to the plaintiff a color or appearance of title, by stating his title specially; thus removing the cause from the jury to the court.
Water-colors are such as are used in painting with gum-water or size, without being mixed with oil.
COLOR
v.t. 1. To change or alter the external appearance of a body or substance; to dye; to tinge; to paint; to stain; as, to color cloth. Generally, to color is to change from white to some other color.
2. To give a specious appearance; to set in a fair light; to palliate; to excuse.
He colors the falsehood of Aeneas by an express command of Jupiter to forsake the queen.
3. To make plausible; to exaggerate in representation.
To color a strangers good, is when a freeman allows a foreigner to enter goods at the custom house in his name, to avoid the aliens duty.
COLOR
v.i.To blush.
COLORABLE
adv. Speciously; plausibly; with a fair external appearance.
COLORATE
a.Colored; dyed; or tinged with some color.
COLORATION
n.The art or practice of coloring, or the state of being colored.
COLORATURE
n.In music, all manner of variations, trills, etc. , intended to make a song agreeable.
COLORED
pp. 1. Having the external appearance changed; dyed; tinged; painted stained.
2. Streaked; striped; having a diversity of hues.
3. Having a specious appearance.
Colored people, black people, Africans or their descendants, mixed or unmixed.
COLORIFIC
a.That has the quality of tinging; able to give color, or tint to other bodies.
COLORING
ppr. 1. Dying; staining; tinging.
2. Giving a fair external appearance; palliating; excusing.
COLORING
n. 1. The act or art of dyeing; the state of being colored; color.
2. A specious appearance; fair artificial representation; as, the story has a coloring of truth.
3. Among painters, the manner of applying colors; or the mixture of light and shade, formed by the various colors employed.
COLORIST
n.One who colors; a painter who excels in giving the proper colors to his designs.
COLORLESS
a.Destitute of color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as colorless water, glass or gas.
COLOSSAL, COLOSSEAN
a.[See Colossus. ] Like a colossus; very large; huge; gigantic.
COLOSSUS
n.A statue of a gigantic size. The most remarkable colossus of antiquity was one at Rhodes, a statue of Apollo, so high that it is said ships might sail between its legs.
COLOSSUS-WISE
adv. In the manner of a colossus.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
COLOBOMA
Col `o *bo "ma, n. [NL. fr. Gr. , the part taken away in mutilation, fr. to mutilate. ] (Anat. & Med. )
Defn: A defect or malformation; esp. , a fissure of the iris supposed to be a persistent embryonic cleft.
COLOCOLO
COLOCOLO Col `o *co "lo, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo ), of the size of the ocelot.
COLOCYNTH
Col "ocynth, n. Etym: [L. colocynthis, Gr. Coloquintida. ] (Med. )
Defn: The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, or Cucumis, colocynthis ), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.
COLOCYNTHIN
Col `o *cyn "thin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colocynthine.] (Chem. )
Defn: The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.
COLOGNE
Co *logne ", n. Etym: [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of Köln, a city in Germany. ]
Defn: A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.
COLOGNE EARTH
Co *logne " earth `. Etym: [From Cologne the city. ] (Min. )
Defn: An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.
COLOMBIER
Col "om *bier, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.
COLOMBIN
COLOMBIN Co *lom "bin, n. (Chem. )
Defn: See Calumbin.
COLOMBO
COLOMBO Co *lom "bo, n. (Med. )
Defn: See Calumba.
COLON
Co "lon, n. Etym: [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. colon. Cf. Colic. ]
1. (Anat. )
Defn: That part of the large intestines which extends from the cæcum to the rectum.
Note: [See Illust of Digestion. ]
2. (Gram. )
Defn: A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.
COLONEL
Colo "nel, n. Etym: [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop. , the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column. ] (Mil. )
Defn: The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.
COLONELCY
COLONELCY Colo "nel *cy, n. (Mil. )
Defn: The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.
COLONELSHIP
COLONELSHIP Colo "nel *ship, n.
Defn: Colonelcy. Swift.
COLONER
COLONER Col "o *ner, n.
Defn: A colonist. [Obs. ] Holland
COLONIAL
Co *lo "ni *al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. colonial. ]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.
COLONIALISM
COLONIALISM Co *lo "ni *al *ism, n.
1. The state or quality of, or the relationship involved in, being colonial.
The last tie of colonialism which bound us to the mother country is broken. Brander Matthews.
2. A custom, idea, feature of government, or the like, characteristic of a colony.
3. The colonial system or policy in political government or extension of territory.
COLONICAL
Co *lon "i *cal, a. Etym: [L. colonus husbandman. ]
Defn: Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs. ]
COLONIST
COLONIST Col "o *nist, n.
Defn: A member or inhabitant of a colony.
COLONITIS
COLONITIS Col `o *ni "tis, n. (Med. )
Defn: See Colitis.
COLONIZATION
Col `o *ni *za "tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. colonisation. ]
Defn: Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies. The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.
COLONIZATIONIST
COLONIZATIONIST Col `o *ni *za "tion *ist, n.
Defn: A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist ) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.
COLONIZE
Col "o *nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized; p. pr. & vb. n.Colonizing. ] Etym: [Cf. F. coloniser. ]
Defn: To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon. They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.
COLONIZE
COLONIZE Col "o *nize, v. i.
Defn: To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.
COLONIZER
COLONIZER Col "o *ni `zer, n.
Defn: One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.
COLONNADE
Col `on *nade ", n. Etym: [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel. ] (Arch. )
Defn: A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc.
Note: When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.
COLONY
Col "o *ny, n.; pl. Colonies. Etym: [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture. ]
1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America. The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.
2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.
3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.
4. (Nat. Hist. )
Defn: A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.
COLOPHANY
COLOPHANY Col "o *pha `ny ( or ), n.
Defn: See Colophony.
COLOPHENE
COLOPHENE Co "lo *phene ( or ), n. (Chem. )
Defn: A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.
COLOPHON
Col "o *phon, n. Etym: [L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. Holm. ]
Defn: An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc. , formerly placed on the last page of a book. The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and. .. the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan. The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott.
COLOPHONITE
Col "o *pho *nite ( or ), n. Etym: [Cf. F. colophonite. So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony. ] (Min. )
Defn: A coarsely granular variety of garnet.
COLOPHONY
Col "o *pho `ny ( or; 277 ), n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: Rosin.
COLOQUINTIDA
COLOQUINTIDA Col `o *quin "ti *da, n.
Defn: See Colocynth. Shak.
COLOR
COLOR Col "or, n. [Written also colour. ] Etym: [OF. color, colur, colour, F.couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers ). See Helmet. ]
1. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc.
Note: The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them.
2. Any hue distinguished from white or black.
3. The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion. Give color to my pale cheek. Shak.
4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.
5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance. They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 3 .That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.
6. Shade or variety of character; kind; species. Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. Shak.
7. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural ); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey ).In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental. Farrow.
8. (Law )
Defn: An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. Blackstone.
Note: Color is express when it is asverred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading. Body color. See under Body. -- Color blindness, total or partial inability to distinguish or recognize colors. See Daltonism. -- Complementary color, one of two colors so related to each other that when blended together they produce white light; -- so called because each color makes up to the other what it lacks to make it white. Artificial or pigment colors, when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption. -- Of color (as persons, races, etc. ), not of the white race; --commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. -- Primary colors, those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz. , red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, -- red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. -- Subjective or Accidental color, a false or spurious color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white, and with a circumference regulary subdiveded, is made to revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth, of the wheel appear to the eye of different shades of color varying with the rapidity of rotation. See Accidental colors, under Accidental.
COLOR
Col "or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colored; p. pr. & vb. n. Coloring. ] Etym: [F. colorer. ]
1. To change or alter the bue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc. ; to dye; to tinge; to aint; to stain. The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color. Sir I. Newton.
2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.He colors the falsehood of Æneas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. Dryden.
3. To hide. [Obs. ] That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. Spenser.
COLOR
COLOR Col "or, v. i.
Defn: To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.
COLORABLE
COLORABLE Col "or *a *ble, a.
Defn: Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Col "or *a *ble *ness, n. -- Col "or *a *bly, adv. Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.
COLORADO BEETLE
COLORADO BEETLE Col `o *ra "do bee "tle. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata ), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.
COLORADO GROUP
COLORADO GROUP Col `o *ra "do group. (Geol.)
Defn: A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.
COLORADOITE
COLORADOITE Col `o *ra "do *ite, n. (Min. )
Defn: Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.
COLORATE
Col "or *ate, a. Etym: [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color. ]
Defn: Colored. [Obs. ] Ray.
COLORATION
COLORATION Col `or *a "tion, n.
Defn: The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon. The females... resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.
COLORATURE
Col "or *a *ture, n. Etym: [Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura. ](Mus. )
Defn: Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.
COLOR-BLIND
COLOR-BLIND Col "or-blind, a.
Defn: Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.
COLORED
COLORED Col "ored, a.
1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained. The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer. The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.
2. Specious; plausible; aborned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Sir G. C. Lewis. His colored crime with craft to cloke. Spenser.
3. Of some other color than black or white.
4. (Ethnol.)
Defn: Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.
5. (Bot. )
Defn: Of some other color than green. Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green. Gray.
Note: In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is. Wood.
COLORIFIC
Col `or *if "ic, a. Etym: [L. color color + facere to make: cf. F.colorifique.]
Defn: Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.
COLORIMETER
Col `or *im "e *ter, n. Etym: [Color + -meter: cf. F. colorimètre.]
Defn: An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.
COLORIMETRY
COLORIMETRY Col `or *im "e *try, n. [See Colorimeter. ]
1.
Defn: The quantitative determination of the depth of color of a substance.
2. A method of quantitative chemical analysis based upon the comparison of the depth of color of a solution with that of a standard liquid.
COLORING
COLORING Col "or *ing, n.
1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.
2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation. Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss. Compton Reade. Dead coloring. See under Dead.
COLORIST
Col "or *ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. coloriste. ]
Defn: One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance. Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists. Dryden.
COLORLESS
COLORLESS Col "or *less, a.
1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.
2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc. ; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.
COLORMAN
Col "or *man, n.; pl. Colormen.
Defn: A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.
COLOR SERGEANT
COLOR SERGEANT Col "or ser "geant.
Defn: See under Sergeant.
COLOSSAL
Co *los "sal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. cossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus. ]
1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride. " Motley.
2. (Sculpture & Painting )
Defn: Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.
COLOSSEAN
COLOSSEAN Col `os *se "an, a.
Defn: Colossal. [R.]
COLOSSEUM
Col `os *se "um, n. Etym: [Neut. , fr. L. coloseus gigantic. See Coliseum. ]
Defn: The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum. ]
COLOSSUS
Co *los "sus, n.; pl. L. Colossi, E. Colossuses. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes. He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. Shak.
Note: There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor. Dr. Wm. Smith.
2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.
COLOSTRUM
Co *los "trum, n. Etym: [L., biestings. ] (Med. )(a ) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings. (b ) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.
COLOTOMY
Co *lot "o *my, n. Etym: [Gr. (Surg.)
Defn: An operation for opening the colon
COLOUR
COLOUR Col "our, n.
Defn: See Color.
New American Oxford Dictionary
Colo.
Colo. ▶abbreviation Colorado.
colobine
col o bine |ˈkäləˌbīn, -bin ˈkɑləbaɪn | ▶noun Zoology an Old World monkey of a mainly leaf-eating group that includes the colobus monkeys, langurs, and leaf monkeys. [Subfamily Colobinae, family Cercopithecidae. ] ORIGIN 1950s: from modern Latin Colobinae, based on Greek kolobos ‘curtailed. ’
coloboma
col o bo ma |ˌkäləˈbōmə ˌkɑləˈboʊmə | ▶noun Medicine a congenital malformation of the eye causing defects in the lens, iris, or retina. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek kolobōma ‘part removed in mutilation, ’ from kolobos ‘cut short. ’
colobus
col o bus |ˈkäləbəs ˈkɑləbəs |(also colobus monkey ) ▶noun ( pl. same ) a slender, leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur, a long tail, and very small or absent thumbs. [Genera Colobus and Procolobus, family Cercopithecidae: several species. ] ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek kolobos ‘cut short. ’
colocate
co lo cate |kōˈlōˌkāt, ˈkō -koʊˈloʊkeɪt | ▶verb (be colocated ) share a location or facility with someone (or something ) else: a woman officer can often be colocated with her husband.
colocynth
col o cynth |ˈkäləˌsinTH ˈkɑləsɪnθ | ▶noun a tropical Old World climbing plant of the gourd family, which bears a pulpy fruit and has long been cultivated. Also called bitter apple. [Citrullus colocynthis, family Curcurbitaceae. ] • the fruit of this plant. • a bitter purgative drug obtained from this fruit. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek kolokunthis.
Cologne
Co logne |kəˈlōn kəˈloʊn | an industrial and university city in western Germany, in North Rhine –Westphalia, on the Rhine River; pop. 989,800 (est. 2006 ). German name Köln.
cologne
co logne |kəˈlōn kəˈloʊn | ▶noun eau de cologne or scented toilet water. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after Cologne in Germany.
Coloma
Co lo ma |kəˈlōmə kəˈloʊmə | a historic locality in northeastern California, on the American River, northeast of Sacramento, where gold was discovered in 1848 on John (Johann ) Sutter's mill site that led to the California gold rush.
Colombia
Co lom bi a |kəˈləmbēə kəˈləmbiə | a country in extreme northwestern South America that has a coastline on both the Atlantic and the Pacific oceans; pop. 43,677,400 (est. 2009 ); capital, Bogotá; official language, Spanish. Colombia was conquered by the Spanish in the early 16th century and achieved independence in the early 19th century, although the resulting Republic of Great Colombia lasted only until 1830, when first Venezuela and then Ecuador broke away to become independent states in their own right. Since the civil war of 1949 –53, the country has struggled with poverty and social problems. During the 1990s, guerrilla warfare, partly funded by the growing drug trade, dominated Colombia's countryside. DERIVATIVES Co lom bi an adjective & noun
Colombo
Co lom bo |kəˈləmbō kəˈləmboʊ | the capital and chief port of Sri Lanka, on the southwestern coast of the country; pop. 672,700 (est. 2007 ).
colon
co lon 1 |ˈkōlən ˈkoʊlən | ▶noun a punctuation mark (:) indicating. • that a writer is introducing a quotation or a list of items. • that a writer is separating two clauses of which the second expands or illustrates the first. • a statement of proportion between two numbers: a ratio of 10:1. • the separation of hours from minutes (and minutes from seconds ) in a statement of time given in numbers: 4:30 p.m. • the number of the chapter and verse respectively in biblical references: Exodus 3:2. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a term in rhetoric denoting a section of a complex sentence, or a pause before it ): via Latin from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause. ’
colon
co lon 2 |ˈkoʊlən ˈkōlən | ▶noun Anatomy the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the cecum to the rectum and absorbs water and electrolytes from food that has remained undigested. Its parts are called the ascending, transverse, descending, and sigmoid colon. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon .
Colón
Co lón |kəˈlōn kəˈloʊn | the chief port of Panama, at the Caribbean Sea end of the Panama Canal; pop. 87,800 (est. 2009 ).
colón
co lón |kəˈlōn kəˈloʊn | ▶noun ( pl. colones |-ˈlōˌnās | ) the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica and 100 centavos in El Salvador. ORIGIN from Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus (see Columbus, Christopher ).
colon bacillus
co lon ba cil lus ▶noun another term for coliform bacterium.
colonel
colo nel |ˈkərnl ˈkərnl | ▶noun an army officer of high rank, in particular (in the US Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps ) an officer above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier general. • informal short for lieutenant colonel. DERIVATIVES colo nel cy |ˈkərnlsē |noun ( pl. colonelcies ) ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel ), from Italian colonnello ‘column of soldiers, ’ from colonna ‘column, ’ from Latin columna. The form coronel, source of the modern pronunciation, was usual until the mid 17th cent.
Colonel Blimp
Colo nel Blimp |ˈˌkərnl ˈblɪmp | ▶noun another term for blimp ( sense 2 ).
colonel-in-chief
colo nel-in-chief |ˈkərnl ɪn tʃif | ▶noun ( pl. colonels-in-chief ) a title given to the honorary head of a regiment in the British army.
colonial
co lo ni al |kəˈlōnyəl, -nēəl kəˈloʊniəl | ▶adjective 1 of, relating to, or characteristic of a colony or colonies: British colonial rule | colonial expansion. • relating to the period of the British colonies in America before independence. • (esp. of architecture or furniture ) made during or in the style of this period. 2 (of animals or plants ) living in colonies. ▶noun 1 a native or inhabitant of a colony. 2 a house built in colonial style. DERIVATIVES co lo ni al ly adverb
colonialism
co lo ni al ism |kəˈlōnēəˌlizəm, kəˈlōnyəˌlizəm kəˈloʊniəˌlɪzəm | ▶noun the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. DERIVATIVES co lo ni al ist |-list |noun & adjective
colonic
co lon ic |kōˈlänik, kə -kəˈlɑnɪk | ▶adjective Anatomy of, relating to, or affecting the colon. ▶noun informal an act or instance of colonic irrigation, performed for its supposed therapeutic benefits.
colonic irrigation
co lon ic ir ri ga tion ▶noun a water enema given to flush out the colon.
colonist
col o nist |ˈkälənist ˈkɑlənəst | ▶noun a settler in or inhabitant of a colony.
colonize
col o nize |ˈkäləˌnīz ˈkɑləˌnaɪz | ▶verb [ with obj. ] (of a country or its citizens ) send a group of settlers to (a place ) and establish political control over it: the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy. • come to settle among and establish political control over (the indigenous people of an area ): a white family that tries to colonize a Caribbean island. • appropriate (a place or domain ) for one's own use. • Ecology (of a plant or animal ) establish itself in an area: mussels can colonize even the most inhospitable rock surfaces | [ no obj. ] : insect borers colonize in rotted shoreline deadfalls. DERIVATIVES col o ni za tion |ˌkälənəˈzāSHən |noun, col o niz er noun
colonnade
col on nade |ˌkäləˈnād ˌkɑləˈneɪd | ▶noun a row of columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arcade. • a row of trees or other tall objects. DERIVATIVES col on nad ed adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from colonne ‘column, ’ from Latin columna .
colonoscope
co lon o scope |kəˈlänəˌskōp kəˈlɑnəˌskoʊp | ▶noun Medicine a flexible fiber-optic instrument inserted through the anus in order to examine the colon. DERIVATIVES co lon os co py |ˌkōləˈnäskəpē |noun
colon therapy
co lon ther a py ▶noun another term for colonic irrigation .
colony
col o ny |ˈkälənē ˈkɑləni | ▶noun ( pl. colonies ) 1 a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country, typically a distant one, and occupied by settlers from that country. • a group of people living in such a country or area, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors. • (the Colonies ) chiefly British term for Thirteen Colonies. • (the colonies ) all the foreign countries or areas formerly under British political control. 2 a group of people of one nationality or ethnic group living in a foreign city or country: the British colony in New York. • a place where a group of people with similar interests live together: an artists' colony. 3 Biology a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure: a colony of seals. • a group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a settlement formed mainly of retired soldiers, acting as a garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire ): from Latin colonia ‘settlement, farm, ’ from colonus ‘settler, farmer, ’ from colere ‘cultivate. ’
colony-stimulating factor
col o ny-stim u lat ing fac tor ▶noun Biochemistry a substance secreted by bone marrow that promotes the growth and differentiation of stem cells into colonies of specific blood cells.
colophon
col o phon |ˈkäləfən, -ˌfän ˈkɑləfən | ▶noun a publisher's emblem or imprint, esp. one on the title page or spine of a book. • historical a statement at the end of a book, typically with a printer's emblem, giving information about its authorship and printing. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a finishing touch ): via late Latin from Greek kolophōn ‘summit or finishing touch. ’
colophony
col o pho ny |kəˈläfənē, ˈkäləˌfōnē kɑˈləfəni | ▶noun another term for rosin. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin colophonia (resina ) ‘(resin ) from Colophon, ’ a town in Lydia, Asia Minor.
color
col or |ˈkələr ˈkələr |(Brit. colour ) ▶noun 1 the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way the object reflects or emits light: the lights flickered and changed color. • one, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow, sometimes including (loosely ) black and white: a rich brown color | a range of bright colors. • the use of all colors, not only black, white, and gray, in photography or television: he has shot the whole film in color | [ as modifier ] : color television. • a substance used to give something a particular color: lip color. • Heraldry any of the major conventional colors used in coats of arms (gules, vert, sable, azure, purpure ), esp. as opposed to the metals, furs, and stains. 2 pigmentation of the skin, esp. as an indication of someone's race: discrimination on the basis of color. • a group of people considered as being distinguished by skin pigmentation: all colors and nationalities. • rosiness of the complexion, esp. as an indication of someone's health: there was some color back in his face. 3 vividness of visual appearance resulting from the presence of brightly colored things: for color, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies. • picturesque or exciting features that lend a particularly interesting quality to something: a town full of color and character. • variety of musical tone or expression: orchestral color. 4 (colors ) an item or items of a particular color or combination of colors worn to identify an individual or a member of a school, group, or organization. • the flag of a regiment or ship. • a national flag: he was called to the colors during the war. 5 a shade of meaning: many events in her past had taken on a different color. • character or general nature: the hospitable color of his family. 6 Physics a quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red ) for each flavor. 7 Mining a particle of gold remaining in a mining pan after most of the mud and gravel have been washed away. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] change the color of (something ) by painting or dyeing it with crayons, paints, or dyes. • [ no obj. ] take on a different color: the foliage will not color well if the soil is too rich. • use crayons to fill (a particular shape or outline ) with color: color the head, eyes, and bill with crayons. • make vivid or picturesque: he has colored the dance with gestures from cabaret and vaudeville. 2 [ no obj. ] (of a person or their skin ) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush: everyone stared at him, and he colored slightly. • [ with obj. ] cause (a person or their skin ) to change in color: rage colored his pale complexion. • [ with obj. ] (of a particular color ) imbue (a person's skin ): a faint pink flush colored her cheeks. • [ with obj. ] (of an emotion ) imbue (a person's voice ) with a particular tone: surprise colored her voice. 3 [ with obj. ] influence, esp. in a negative way; distort: the experiences had colored her whole existence. • misrepresent by distortion or exaggeration: witnesses might color evidence to make a story saleable. PHRASES lend (or give ) color to make something seem true or probable: this lent color and credibility to his defense. —— of color see person of color. show one's true colors reveal one's real character or intentions, esp. when these are disreputable or dishonorable. under color of under the pretext of. with flying colors see flying. ORIGIN Middle English (as colo (u )r ): from Old French colour (noun ), colourer (verb ), from Latin color (noun ), colorare (verb ).
colorable
col or a ble |ˈkələrəbəl ˈkələrəbəl |(Brit. colourable ) ▶adjective 1 apparently correct or justified: a colorable legal claim. • counterfeit. 2 capable of being colored: colorable illustrations.
Colorado
Col o rad o |ˌkäləˈrädō, -ˈradō ˌkɑləˈrɑdoʊ | 1 a river that rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows southwest for 1,468 miles (2,333 km ) to the Gulf of California. It passes through the Grand Canyon. 2 a river that flows east for 900 miles (1,450 km ) across Texas, from the Llano Estacado to the Gulf of Mexico. Austin is situated on it. 3 a state in the central US; pop. 4,939,456 (est. 2008 ); capital, Denver; statehood, Aug. 1, 1876 (38 ). Part of Colorado was acquired by the US with the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the rest was ceded by Mexico in 1848. DERIVATIVES Col o rad an |-ˈrädn, -ˈradn |noun & adjective
Colorado blue spruce
Col o rad o blue spruce ▶noun another term for blue spruce.
Colorado Desert
Col o ra do Desert a region in southern California and northern Baja California in Mexico. The Salton Sea, the Imperial Valley, and the city of Palm Springs are here.
Colorado Plateau
Col o ra do Plateau a region of arid uplands in the southwestern US; along the Colorado River in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona; noted for its scenery.
Colorado potato beetle
Col o rad o po ta to bee tle ▶noun a yellow- and black-striped leaf beetle native to North America. The larvae are highly destructive to potato plants and have occurred in many countries. [Leptinotarsa decemlineata, family Chrysomelidae. ] ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after the state of Colorado .
Colorado Springs
Col o ra do Springs |kɑːlərædoʊˈsprɪŋz | a city in central Colorado, south of Denver, at the foot of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, home to the US Air Force Academy; pop. 380,307 (est. 2008 ).
Colorado spruce
Col o rad o spruce ▶noun another term for blue spruce.
colorant
col or ant |ˈkələrənt ˈkələrənt |(Brit. colourant ) ▶noun a dye, pigment, or other substance that colors something.
coloration
col or a tion |ˌkələˈrāSHən ˌkələˈreɪʃən | ▶noun 1 a visual appearance with regard to color: some bacterial structures take on a purple coloration. • the natural color or variegated markings of animals or plants: the red coloration of many maples. • a scheme or method of applying color: the coloration of the drawing. 2 a specified pervading character or tone of something: the productions have taken on a political coloration. • a variety of musical or vocal expression: the subtle colorations of big-box speakers | a skillful singer can do much with coloration. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin coloratio (n- ), from colorare ‘to color. ’
coloratura
col o ra tu ra |ˌkələrəˈto͝orə, ˌkäl -ˌkələrəˈtʊrə | ▶noun elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, esp. in operatic singing by a soprano. • (also coloratura soprano ) a soprano skilled in such singing. ORIGIN Italian, literally ‘coloring, ’ from Latin colorare ‘to color. ’
color bar
col or bar ▶noun 1 a social system in which a group of people (typically nonwhite ) are denied access to the same rights, opportunities, and facilities as other people (typically white ) on the basis of skin color. 2 a strip on printed material or a screen display showing a range of colors, used to ensure that all colors are printed or displayed correctly.
color-blind
col or-blind (also colorblind ) ▶adjective 1 unable to distinguish certain colors, or (rarely in humans ) any colors at all. See protanopia. 2 not influenced by racial prejudice: a color-blind society. DERIVATIVES col or-blind ness noun
color code
col or code ▶noun a system of marking things with different colors as a means of identification. ▶verb ( color-code ) [ with obj. ] (usu. be color-coded ) mark (things ) with different colors as a means of identification: each unit is color-coded for clarity. • mark different features of (something ) with different colors: the map is color-coded.
colorectal
co lo rec tal |ˌkōlōˈrektəl ˌkoʊloʊˈrɛktl | ▶adjective relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum.
colored
col ored |ˈkələrd ˈkələrd |(Brit. coloured ) ▶adjective 1 having or having been given a color or colors, esp. as opposed to being black, white, or neutral: brightly colored birds are easier to see | [ in combination ] : a peach-colored sofa. • imbued with an emotive or exaggerated quality: highly colored examples were used by both sides. 2 (also Colored ) wholly or partly of nonwhite descent (now considered offensive in the US ). • (also Coloured ) S. African used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including African slave, Malay, Chinese, and white. • dated or offensive relating to people who are wholly or partly of nonwhite descent: a colored club. ▶noun 1 (also Colored ) dated or offensive a person who is wholly or partly of nonwhite descent. • (also Coloured ) S. African a person of mixed ethnic origin speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue. 2 (coloreds ) clothes, sheets, etc. , that are any color but white (used esp. in the context of washing and color fastness ). usage: 1 Colored referring to skin color is first recorded in the early 17th century and was adopted in the US by emancipated slaves as a term of racial pride after the end of the Civil War. In the US, and in Britain (as coloured ), it was the accepted term until the 1960s, when it was superseded by black. The term colored lost favor among black people during this period and is now widely regarded as offensive except in historical contexts and in particular as part of the name of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ). 2 In South Africa, the term coloured (also written Coloured ) has a different history. There it is used not as a synonym for black, but to refer to people of mixed-race parentage rather than to African peoples and their descendants. Under apartheid, it was imposed as an official racial designation. However, in modern use, the term is not generally considered offensive or derogatory.
colorfast
col or fast |ˈkələrˌfast ˈkələrfæst | ▶adjective dyed in colors that will not fade or be washed out. DERIVATIVES col or fast ness noun
color-field painting
col or-field paint ing (also colorfield ) ▶noun a style of American abstract painting prominent from the late 1940s to the 1960s that features large expanses of unmodulated color covering the greater part of the canvas. Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko were considered its chief exponents.
color filter
col or fil ter ▶noun a photographic filter that absorbs light of certain colors.
colorful
col or ful |ˈkələrfəl ˈkələrfəl |(Brit. colourful ) ▶adjective 1 having much or varied color; bright: a colorful array of fruit. 2 full of interest; lively and exciting: a controversial and colorful character | a colorful account of the meeting. • (of a person's life or background ) involving variously disreputable activities: he gained a playboy reputation during a colorful bachelorhood. • (of language ) vulgar or rude: colorful words usually impolite in public meetings. DERIVATIVES col or ful ly |-f (ə )lē |adverb, col or ful ness noun
color guard
col or guard ▶noun a uniformed group, esp. of soldiers, police officers, or school representatives, who parade or present their institution's flag (and sometimes their national flag ) on ceremonial occasions.
colorific
col or if ic |ˌkələˈrifik ˌkələˈrɪfɪk | ▶adjective rare having much color: the colorific radiance of costume. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French colorifique or modern Latin colorificus, from Latin color ‘color. ’
colorimeter
col or im e ter |ˌkələˈrimitər ˌkələˈrɪmɪdər | ▶noun an instrument for measuring the intensity of color. DERIVATIVES col or i met ric |ˌkələrəˈmetrik |adjective, col or im e try |ˌkələˈrimitrē |noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin color ‘color ’ + -meter .
coloring
col or ing |ˈkələriNG ˈkələrɪŋ |(Brit. colouring ) ▶noun 1 the process or skill of applying a substance to something so as to change its original color. • the process of filling in a particular shape or outline with crayons: [ as modifier ] : a coloring book. 2 visual appearance with regard to color, in particular: • the arrangement of colors and markings on an animal. • the natural hues of a person's skin, hair, and eyes: her fair coloring. • the pervading character or tone of something: the comments give a distinctly more ideological coloring to research conclusions. 3 a substance used to give a particular color to something, esp. food.
colorist
col or ist |ˈkələrist ˈkələrəst |(Brit. colourist ) ▶noun an artist or designer who uses color in a special or skillful way. • a person who tints black-and-white prints, photographs, or movies. • a hairdresser who specializes in dyeing people's hair.
coloristic
col or is tic |ˌkələˈristik ˌkələˈrɪstɪk |(Brit. colouristic ) ▶adjective showing or relating to a special use of color: his great coloristic wallpapers. • having or showing a variety of musical or vocal expression: the choir's coloristic resources. DERIVATIVES col or is ti cal ly |-ik (ə )lē |adverb
colorize
col or ize |ˈkələˌrīz ˈkələˌraɪz |(Brit. also colourize ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] add color to (a black-and-white movie ) by means of computer technology. DERIVATIVES col or i za tion |ˌkələrəˈzāSHən |noun ( trademark ), col or iz er noun ( trademark )
colorless
col or less |ˈkələrləs ˈkələrləs |(Brit. colourless ) ▶adjective 1 (esp. of a gas or liquid ) without color. • dull or pale in hue: colorless cheeks. 2 lacking distinctive character or interest; dull: the book is rather colorless, like its author. DERIVATIVES col or less ly adverb
color line
color line ▶noun another term for color bar ( sense 1 ).
color phase
col or phase ▶noun a genetic or seasonal variation in the color of the skin, pelt, or feathers of an animal.
colorpoint
col or point |ˈkələrˌpoint ˈkələrpɔɪnt |(also colourpoint ) ▶noun chiefly British term for Himalayan.
color reversal
col or re ver sal ▶noun [ usu. as modifier ] Photography the process of producing a positive image directly from another positive: color reversal films.
color saturation
col or sat u ra tion ▶noun see saturation.
color scheme
col or scheme ▶noun an arrangement or combination of colors, esp. as used in interior decoration: a cool, simple color scheme.
color separation
col or sep a ra tion ▶noun Photography & Printing any of three negative images of the same subject taken through green, red, and blue filters and combined to reproduce the full color of the original. • the production of such images.
color temperature
col or tem per a ture ▶noun Astronomy & Physics the temperature at which a black body would emit radiation of the same color as a given object.
color therapy
col or ther a py ▶noun a system of alternative medicine based on the use of color, esp. projected colored light.
color wash
col or wash ▶noun colored calcimine or tempera. ▶verb ( color-wash ) [ with obj. ] paint (something ) with colored calcimine or tempera.
colorway
col or way |ˈkələrˌwā ˈkələrweɪ |(Brit. colourway ) ▶noun any of a range of combinations of colors in which a style or design is available: wallpaper books show coordinating patterns and colorways.
color wheel
col or wheel ▶noun a circle with different colored sectors used to show the relationship between colors.
colossal
co los sal |kəˈläsəl kəˈlɑsəl | ▶adjective extremely large: a colossal amount of mail | a colossal mistake. • Architecture (of a giant order ) having more than one story of columns. • Sculpture (of a statue ) at least twice life size. DERIVATIVES co los sal ly adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus ).
Colosseum
Col os se um |ˌkäləˈsēəm ˌkɑləˈsiəm | the name since medieval times of the Amphitheatrum Flavium, a vast amphitheater in Rome, begun by Vespasian c. ad 75. It held 50,000 spectators, its sections connected by an elaborate network of stairs, and was the scene of various kinds of combat. ORIGIN from Latin, neuter of colosseus ‘gigantic, ’ from colossus (see colossus ).
Colossians
Co los sians |kəˈläSHənz kəˌlɑʃ (ə )nz | a book of the New Testament, an epistle of St. Paul to the Church at Colossae in Phrygia.
colossus
co los sus |kəˈläsəs kəˈlɑsəs | ▶noun ( pl. colossi |-ˈläsˌī | or colossuses ) a statue that is much bigger than life size. • a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability: the Russian Empire was the colossus of European politics. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples ).
Colossus of Rhodes
Co los sus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built c. 292 –280 bc, it stood beside the harbor entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years.
colostomy
co los to my |kəˈlästəmē kəˈlɑstəmi | ▶noun ( pl. colostomies ) a surgical operation in which a piece of the colon is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall so as to bypass a damaged part of the colon. • an opening so formed: [ as modifier ] : a colostomy bag. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from colon 2 + Greek stoma ‘mouth. ’
colostrum
co los trum |kəˈlästrəm kəˈlɑstrəm | ▶noun the first secretion from the mammary glands after giving birth, rich in antibodies. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin.
colour
col our |ˈkʌlər | ▶noun & verb British spelling of color.
colour sergeant
col ¦our ser |geant ▶noun a rank of non-commissioned officer in the Army and Royal Marines, above sergeant and below warrant officer. ORIGIN with reference to the sergeant's responsibility for carrying one of the regiment's colours in a guard of honour.
colour supplement
col ¦our sup |ple ¦ment ▶noun Brit. a magazine printed in colour and issued with a newspaper, especially at weekends.
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Colo.
Colo. ▶abbreviation Colorado.
colobine
colobine |ˈkɒləbʌɪn | ▶noun Zoology an Old World monkey of a mainly leaf-eating group that includes the colobus monkeys, langurs, and leaf monkeys. ●Subfamily Colobinae, family Cercopithicidae. ORIGIN 1950s: from modern Latin Colobinae, based on Greek kolobos ‘cut short ’.
coloboma
coloboma |ˌkɒləˈbəʊmə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Medicine a congenital malformation of the eye causing defects in the lens, iris, or retina. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek kolobōma ‘part removed in mutilation ’, from kolobos ‘cut short ’.
colobus
colobus |ˈkɒləbəs |(also colobus monkey ) ▶noun ( pl. same ) a slender leaf-eating African monkey with silky fur, a long tail, and very small or absent thumbs. ●Genera Colobus and Procolobus, family Cercopithecidae: several species. ORIGIN modern Latin, from Greek kolobos ‘cut short ’.
colocynth
colocynth |ˈkɒləsɪnθ | ▶noun a tropical Old World climbing plant of the gourd family, which bears a pulpy fruit. Also called bitter apple. ●Citrullus colocynthis, family Cucurbitaceae. • the fruit of the colocynth plant. • [ mass noun ] a bitter purgative drug obtained from the colocynth fruit. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek kolokunthis.
Cologne
Cologne |kəˈləʊn | an industrial and university city in western Germany, in North Rhine-Westphalia; pop. 989,800 (est. 2006 ). Founded by the Romans and situated on the River Rhine, Cologne is notable for its medieval cathedral. German name Köln.
cologne
cologne |kəˈləʊn | ▶noun [ mass noun ] eau de cologne or similarly scented toilet water. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: named after Cologne in Germany.
Coloma
Co lo ma |kəˈlōmə kəˈloʊmə | a historic locality in northeastern California, on the American River, northeast of Sacramento, where gold was discovered in 1848 on John (Johann ) Sutter's mill site that led to the California gold rush.
Colombia
Colombia |kəˈlɒmbɪə | a country in the extreme NW of South America, having a coastline on both the Atlantic and the Pacific Ocean; pop. 43,677,400 (est. 2009 ); official language, Spanish; capital, Bogotá. Colombia was conquered by the Spanish in the early 16th century and achieved independence in the early 19th century. DERIVATIVES Colombian adjective & noun
Colombo
Colombo |kəˈlʌmbəʊ | the capital and chief port of Sri Lanka; pop. 672,700 (est. 2007 ).
colon
colon 1 |ˈkəʊlən | ▶noun a punctuation mark (:) used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation. • a colon used in various technical and formulaic contexts, for example a statement of proportion between two numbers, or to separate hours from minutes (and minutes from seconds ) in a numerical statement of time: 10:1 | 4:30 p.m. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as a term in rhetoric denoting a section of a complex sentence, or a pause before it ): via Latin from Greek kōlon ‘limb, clause ’.
colon
colon 2 |ˈkəʊlən, -lɒn | ▶noun Anatomy the main part of the large intestine, which passes from the caecum to the rectum and absorbs water and electrolytes from food which has remained undigested. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolon .
Colón
Colón |kɒˈlɒn | the chief port of Panama, at the Caribbean end of the Panama Canal; pop. 87,800 (est. 2009 ). It was founded in 1850 by the American William Aspinwall (1807 –55 ), after whom it was originally named.
colón
colón |kɒˈlɒn | ▶noun ( pl. colones |-ˈlɒnɛz | ) the basic monetary unit of Costa Rica and El Salvador, equal to 100 centimos in Costa Rica and 100 centavos in El Salvador. ORIGIN from Cristóbal Colón, the Spanish name of Christopher Columbus (see Columbus, Christopher ).
colonel
colonel |ˈkəːn (ə )l | ▶noun a rank of officer in the army and in the US air force, above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier or brigadier general. • informal short for lieutenant colonel. DERIVATIVES colonelcy noun ( pl. colonelcies ) ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel ), from Italian colonnello ‘column of soldiers ’, from colonna ‘column ’, from Latin columna. The form coronel, source of the modern pronunciation, was usual until the mid 17th cent.
Colonel Blimp
Colonel Blimp ▶noun another term for blimp ( sense 1 ).
colonel-in-chief
colonel-in-chief ▶noun ( pl. colonels-in-chief ) a title given to the honorary head of a regiment in the British army.
colonial
co ¦lo |nial |kəˈləʊnɪəl | ▶adjective 1 relating to or characteristic of a colony or colonies: British colonial rule | colonial expansion. • denoting a predominantly neoclassical style of architecture characteristic of the period of the British colonies in America before independence, featuring a modification of the Queen Anne style. 2 (of animals or plants ) living in colonies. ▶noun 1 a native or inhabitant of a colony. 2 a house built in colonial style. DERIVATIVES colonially adverb
colonialism
co ¦lo ¦ni ¦al |ism |kəˈləʊnɪəlɪz (ə )m | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country, occupying it with settlers, and exploiting it economically. DERIVATIVES colonialist noun & adjective
colonic
colonic |kəˈlɒnɪk | ▶adjective Anatomy relating to or affecting the colon. ▶noun informal an act of colonic irrigation.
colonic irrigation
co |lon ¦ic ir ¦ri |ga ¦tion ▶noun [ mass noun ] the practice of injecting water via the anus to flush out the colon, used as a therapeutic treatment.
colonist
col ¦on |ist |ˈkɒlənɪst | ▶noun a settler in or inhabitant of a colony.
colonize
colonize |ˈkɒlənʌɪz |(also colonise ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] send settlers to (a place ) and establish political control over it: the Greeks colonized Sicily and southern Italy. • settle among and establish control over (the indigenous people of an area ). • appropriate (a place or domain ) for one's own use: a small town in a part of the Hudson Valley fast being colonized by weekenders. • Ecology (of a plant or animal ) establish itself in (an area ). DERIVATIVES colonization |-ˈzeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, colonizer noun
colonnade
colonnade |ˌkɒləˈneɪd | ▶noun a row of evenly spaced columns supporting a roof, an entablature, or arches. • a row of trees or other tall objects. DERIVATIVES colonnaded adjective ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from colonne ‘column ’, from Latin columna .
colonoscope
colonoscope |kəˈlɒnəskəʊp | ▶noun Medicine a flexible fibre-optic instrument inserted through the anus in order to examine the colon. DERIVATIVES colonoscopy |kɒləˈnɒskəpi |noun ( pl. colonoscopies )
colon therapy
co lon ther a py ▶noun another term for colonic irrigation .
colony
col ¦ony |ˈkɒləni | ▶noun ( pl. colonies ) 1 a country or area under the full or partial political control of another country and occupied by settlers from that country. • a group of people living in a colony, consisting of the original settlers and their descendants and successors. • (the colonies ) all the foreign countries or areas formerly under British political control. • (the colonies ) the thirteen areas on the east coast of North America that gained independence from Britain and founded the United States of America. 2 a group of people of one nationality or race living in a foreign place: the British colony in New York. • a place where a group of people with the same occupation or interest live together: a nudist colony. 3 Biology a community of animals or plants of one kind living close together or forming a physically connected structure: a colony of seals. • a group of fungi or bacteria grown from a single spore or cell on a culture medium. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a settlement formed mainly of retired soldiers, acting as a garrison in newly conquered territory in the Roman Empire ): from Latin colonia ‘settlement, farm ’, from colonus ‘settler, farmer ’, from colere ‘cultivate ’.
colony-stimulating factor
colony-stimulating fac ¦tor ▶noun Biochemistry a substance secreted by bone marrow which promotes the growth and differentiation of stem cells into colonies of specific blood cells.
colophon
colophon |ˈkɒləf (ə )n | ▶noun a publisher's emblem or imprint, usually on the title page of a book. • historical a statement at the end of a book, typically with a printer's emblem, giving information about its authorship and printing. ORIGIN early 17th cent. (denoting a finishing touch ): via late Latin from Greek kolophōn ‘summit or finishing touch ’.
colophony
colophony |kəˈlɒfəni, ˈkɒləˌfəʊni | ▶noun another term for rosin. ORIGIN Middle English: from Latin colophonia (resina ) ‘(resin ) from Colophon ’, a town in Lydia, Asia Minor.
color
color ▶noun & verb US spelling of colour.
Colorado
Colorado |ˌkɒləˈrɑːdəʊ | 1 a river which rises in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado and flows generally south-westwards for 2,333 km (1,468 miles ) to the Gulf of California, passing through the Grand Canyon. 2 a state in the central US; pop. 4,939,456 (est. 2008 ); capital, Denver. Colorado extends from the Great Plains in the east to the Rocky Mountains in the west. Part of it was acquired by the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 and the rest ceded by Mexico in 1848. It became the 38th state in 1876. DERIVATIVES Coloradan noun & adjective
Colorado beetle
Col |or ¦ado bee ¦tle ▶noun a yellow- and black-striped leaf beetle native to America, whose larvae are highly destructive to potato plants. ●Leptinotarsa decemlineata, family Chrysomelidae. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: named after the state of Colorado .
Colorado Desert
Col o ra do Desert a region in southern California and northern Baja California in Mexico. The Salton Sea, the Imperial Valley, and the city of Palm Springs are here.
Colorado Plateau
Col o ra do Plateau a region of arid uplands in the southwestern US; along the Colorado River in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona; noted for its scenery.
Colorado Springs
Col o ra do Springs |kɑːlərædoʊˈsprɪŋz | a city in central Colorado, south of Denver, at the foot of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, home to the US Air Force Academy; pop. 380,307 (est. 2008 ).
coloration
coloration |kʌləˈreɪʃ (ə )n |(also colouration ) ▶noun 1 the appearance of something with regard to colour: some bacterial structures take on a purple coloration. • the natural colouring of animals or plants: the red coloration of many maples. • a scheme of applying colour in art. 2 the pervading character or tone of something: the productions have taken on a political coloration. • a variety of musical or vocal expression: the subtle colorations of big-box speakers. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: from late Latin coloratio (n- ), from colorare ‘to colour ’.
coloratura
coloratura |ˌkɒlərəˈtjʊərə | ▶noun [ mass noun ] elaborate ornamentation of a vocal melody, especially in operatic singing. • (also coloratura soprano ) [ count noun ] a soprano skilled in coloratura singing. ORIGIN Italian, literally ‘colouring ’, from Latin colorare ‘to colour ’.
colorectal
colorectal |ˌkəʊləʊˈrɛkt (ə )l | ▶adjective relating to or affecting the colon and the rectum.
color guard
col or guard ▶noun a uniformed group, esp. of soldiers, police officers, or school representatives, who parade or present their institution's flag (and sometimes their national flag ) on ceremonial occasions.
colorific
colorific |ˌkʌləˈrɪfɪk, ˌkɒl - |(also colourific ) ▶adjective rare having much colour: the colorific radiance of costume. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: from French colorifique or modern Latin colorificus, from Latin color ‘colour ’.
colorimeter
colorimeter |ˌkʌləˈrɪmɪtə, ˌkɒl -| ▶noun an instrument for measuring the intensity of colour. DERIVATIVES colorimetric |-ˈmɛtrɪk |adjective, colorimetry noun ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Latin color ‘colour ’ + -meter .
colorize
colorize |ˈkʌlərʌɪz |(Brit. also colourize ) ▶verb [ with obj. ] add colour to (a black-and-white film ). DERIVATIVES colorization noun ( trademark in the US ), colorizer noun ( trademark in the US )
colossal
col ¦os |sal |kəˈlɒs (ə )l | ▶adjective 1 extremely large or great: a colossal amount of mail | a colossal mistake. • Sculpture (of a statue ) at least twice life size. 2 Architecture (of an order ) having more than one storey of columns. DERIVATIVES colossally adverb ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from French, from colosse, from Latin colossus (see colossus ).
Colosseum
Colosseum |ˌkɒləˈsiːəm | ▶noun the name since medieval times of the Amphitheatrum Flavium, a vast amphitheatre in Rome, begun c. 75 ad . ORIGIN from Latin, neuter of colosseus ‘gigantic ’, from colossus (see colossus ).
colosseum
col ¦os |seum ▶noun variant spelling of coliseum.
Colossians, Epistle to the
Colossians, Epistle to the |kəˈlɒʃ (ə )nz | a book of the New Testament, an epistle of St Paul to the Church at Colossae in Phrygia.
colossus
colossus |kəˈlɒsəs | ▶noun ( pl. colossi |-sʌɪ | or colossuses ) a statue that is much bigger than life size. • a person or thing of enormous size, importance, or ability: the Russian Empire was the colossus of European politics. PHRASES bestride something like a colossus totally dominate a place or area of activity: he bestrode French cinema like a colossus. the Hapsburg empire had bestrode Europe like a colossus. ORIGIN late Middle English: via Latin from Greek kolossos (applied by Herodotus to the statues of Egyptian temples ).
Colossus of Rhodes
Colossus of Rhodes a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Built c. 292 –280 bc, it stood beside the harbour entrance at Rhodes for about fifty years.
colostomy
colostomy |kəˈlɒstəmi | ▶noun ( pl. colostomies ) a surgical operation in which the colon is shortened to remove a damaged part and the cut end diverted to an opening in the abdominal wall. • an opening so formed: [ as modifier ] : a colostomy bag. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: from colon 2 + Greek stoma ‘mouth ’.
colostrum
colostrum |kəˈlɒstrəm | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the first secretion from the mammary glands after giving birth, rich in antibodies. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin.
colour
colour |ˈkʌlə |(US color ) ▶noun 1 [ mass noun ] the property possessed by an object of producing different sensations on the eye as a result of the way it reflects or emits light: the lights flickered and changed colour. • [ count noun ] one, or any mixture, of the constituents into which light can be separated in a spectrum or rainbow, sometimes including (loosely ) black and white: a rich brown colour | a range of bright colours. • the use of all colours, not only black and white, in photography or television: he has shot the whole film in colour | [ as modifier ] : colour television. • rosiness or redness of the face as an indication of health or of embarrassment, anger, etc.: there was some colour back in his face | colour flooded her skin as she realized what he meant. • a substance used to give something a particular colour: lip colour. • [ count noun ] Heraldry any of the major conventional colours used in coats of arms (gules, vert, sable, azure, purpure ), especially as opposed to the metals, furs, and stains. • [ count noun ] Snooker any of the balls other than the white cue ball and the reds. 2 [ mass noun ] pigmentation of the skin, especially as an indication of someone's race: discrimination on the basis of colour. • [ count noun ] a group of people considered as being distinguished by skin pigmentation: all colours and nationalities. 3 [ mass noun ] vivid appearance resulting from the juxtaposition of many bright things: for colour, plant groups of winter-flowering pansies. • features that lend a particularly interesting quality to something: a town full of colour and character. • variety of musical tone or expression: orchestral colour. 4 (colours ) an item or items of a particular colour worn to identify or distinguish an individual or a member of a group, in particular a jockey or a member of a sports team. • (also school colours ) a badge, cap, or other item in the distinctive colours of a particular school, awarded to a pupil selected to represent the school in a sport. • chiefly Brit. the flag of a country, or of a regiment or ship. 5 a shade of meaning: many events in her past had taken on a different colour. 6 [ mass noun ] Physics a quantized property of quarks which can take three values (designated blue, green, and red ) for each flavour. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] change the colour of (something ) by painting, dyeing, or shading it: he coloured her hair with a selection of blonde and brown shades. • [ no obj. ] take on a different colour: the foliage will not colour well if the soil is too rich. • fill (a shape or outline ) with colour: he hated finger-painting and colouring in pictures. • make vivid or picturesque: he has coloured the dance with gestures from cabaret and vaudeville. 2 [ no obj. ] (of a person or their skin ) show embarrassment or shame by becoming red; blush: she coloured slightly. • [ with obj. ] cause (a person's skin ) to change in colour: rage coloured his pale complexion. • [ with obj. ] (of an emotion ) imbue (a person's voice ) with a particular tone: surprise coloured her voice. 3 [ with obj. ] influence, especially in a negative way; distort: the experiences had coloured her whole existence. • misrepresent by distortion or exaggeration: witnesses might colour evidence to make a story saleable. PHRASES lend (or give ) colour to make something seem true or probable: this lent colour and credibility to his defence. sail under false colours disguise one's true nature or intentions. show one's true colours reveal one's real character or intentions, especially when these are disreputable or dishonourable. under colour of under the pretext of. with flying colours see flying. ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French colour (noun ), colourer (verb ), from Latin color (noun ), colorare (verb ).
colourable
colourable |ˈkʌlərəb (ə )l |(US colorable ) ▶adjective 1 capable of being coloured: colourable illustrations. 2 appearing to be correct or justified, but in fact not so: a colourable legal claim. • counterfeit.
colourant
colourant |ˈkʌlər (ə )nt |(US colorant ) ▶noun a dye, pigment, or other substance that colours something.
colouration
col ¦our |ation ▶noun variant spelling of coloration.
colour bar
col ¦our bar ▶noun a social system in which black people are denied access to the same rights, opportunities, and facilities as white people.
colour-blind
colour-blind ▶adjective unable to distinguish certain colours, or (rarely in humans ) any colours at all. See protanopia. DERIVATIVES colour blindness noun
colour code
col ¦our code ▶noun a system of marking things with different colours as a means of identification. ▶verb ( colour-code ) [ with obj. ] mark (things ) with different colours as a means of identification: each unit is colour-coded for clarity.
coloured
coloured |ˈkʌləd |(US colored ) ▶adjective 1 having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral: brightly coloured birds are easier to see | [ in combination ] : a peach-coloured sofa. • imbued with an emotive or exaggerated quality: highly coloured examples were used by both sides. 2 (also Coloured ) dated or offensive wholly or partly of non-white descent. • S. African used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white. ▶noun 1 (also Coloured ) dated or offensive a person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent. • S. African a person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue. 2 (coloureds ) clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white. usage: Coloured referring to skin colour is first recorded in the early 17th century and was adopted in the US by emancipated slaves as a term of racial pride after the end of the American Civil War. In Britain it was the accepted term until the 1960s, when it was superseded (as in the US ) by black. The term coloured lost favour among black people during this period and is now widely regarded as offensive except in historical contexts. In South Africa the term coloured (also written Coloured ) has a different history. It is used to refer to people of mixed-race parentage rather than, as elsewhere, to refer to African peoples and their descendants (i.e. as a synonym for black ). Under apartheid it was imposed as an official racial designation. However, in modern use the term is not generally considered offensive or derogatory.
colour fast
col ¦our fast ▶adjective dyed in colours that will not fade or be washed out. DERIVATIVES colour fastness noun
colour-field painting
colour-field paint |ing ▶noun [ mass noun ] a style of American abstract painting prominent from the late 1940s to the 1960s which features large expanses of unmodulated colour covering the greater part of the canvas. Barnett Newman and Mark Rothko were considered its chief exponents.
colour filter
col ¦our fil ¦ter ▶noun a photographic filter that absorbs light of certain colours.
colourful
colourful |ˈkʌləfʊl, -f (ə )l |(US colorful ) ▶adjective 1 having much or varied colour; bright: a colourful array of fruit. 2 full of interest; lively and exciting: a controversial and colourful character | a colourful account. • involving variously disreputable activities: the financier had had a colourful career. • (of language ) vulgar or rude: she made it clear, in colourful language, that she did not wish to talk to the police. DERIVATIVES colourfully adverb, colourfulness noun
colouring
colouring |ˈkʌlərɪŋ |(US coloring ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the process of changing the colour of something by painting, dyeing, or shading it. • the filling in of a shape or outline with colour: [ as modifier ] : a colouring book. 2 appearance with regard to colour: the toad's colouring blended perfectly with its surroundings. • the natural hues of a person's skin, hair, and eyes: her fair colouring. • the pervading character or tone of something: her performance was strong on dramatic colouring. 3 matter used to give a particular colour to something, especially food: food colouring | [ count noun ] : paint the eggs using edible food colourings.
colourist
colourist |ˈkʌlərɪst |(US colorist ) ▶noun an artist or designer who uses colour in a special or skilful way. • a person who tints black-and-white films. • a hairdresser who specializes in dyeing people's hair.
colouristic
colouristic |kʌləˈrɪstɪk |(US coloristic ) ▶adjective showing special use of colour: his great colouristic wallpapers. • having or showing a variety of musical or vocal expression: the choir's colouristic resources. DERIVATIVES colouristically adverb
colourize
colourize |ˈkʌlərʌɪz |(also colourise ) ▶verb Brit. variant spelling of colorize.
colourless
colourless |ˈkʌləlɪs |(US colorless ) ▶adjective 1 (especially of a gas or liquid ) without colour. • dull or pale in hue: her colourless cheeks. 2 lacking distinctive character or interest; dull: the book is rather colourless, like its author. DERIVATIVES colourlessly adverb, colourlessness noun
colour phase
col ¦our phase ▶noun a genetic or seasonal variation in the colour of the skin, pelt, or feathers of an animal.
colourpoint
col ¦our |point |ˈkʌləpɔɪnt | ▶noun a cat of a long-haired breed having a pale coat with dark points, and blue eyes, developed by crossing Persian and Siamese cats.
colour reversal
col ¦our re |ver ¦sal ▶noun [ mass noun ] [ usu. as modifier ] Photography the process of producing a positive image directly from another positive: colour reversal films.
colour saturation
col ¦our sat ¦ur |ation ▶noun see saturation.
colour scheme
col ¦our scheme ▶noun an arrangement or combination of colours, especially one used in interior decoration: a brown or gold colour scheme. DERIVATIVES colour scheming noun
colour separation
col ¦our sep ¦ar |ation ▶noun [ mass noun ] Photography & Printing the production of separate negative images of the same subject taken through green, red, and blue filters, which are combined to reproduce the full colour of the original. • [ count noun ] an image produced by colour separation.
colour sergeant
col ¦our ser |geant ▶noun a rank of non-commissioned officer in the Army and Royal Marines, above sergeant and below warrant officer. ORIGIN with reference to the sergeant's responsibility for carrying one of the regiment's colours in a guard of honour.
colour supplement
col ¦our sup |ple ¦ment ▶noun Brit. a magazine printed in colour and issued with a newspaper, especially at weekends.
colour temperature
col ¦our tem ¦pera |ture ▶noun Astronomy & Physics the temperature at which a black body would emit radiation of the same colour as a given object.
colour therapy
col ¦our ther |apy ▶noun [ mass noun ] a system of alternative medicine based on the use of colour, especially projected coloured light.
colour wash
col ¦our wash ▶noun [ mass noun ] coloured distemper. ▶verb ( colour-wash ) [ with obj. ] paint (something ) with coloured distemper.
colourway
colourway |ˈkʌləweɪ |(US colorway ) ▶noun any of a range of combinations of colours in which a style or design is available: our sweater comes in two colourways.
colour wheel
col ¦our wheel ▶noun a circle with different coloured sectors used to show the relationship between colours.
American Oxford Thesaurus
cologne
cologne noun Ms. Williams wears a cologne that smells like strawberries: scent, perfume, fragrance, eau de toilette; aftershave.
colonist
colonist noun the first European colonists of North America: settler, colonizer, colonial, pioneer; immigrant, newcomer, homesteader. ANTONYMS native.
colonize
colonize verb the Germans colonized Tanganyika in 1885: settle (in ), people, populate; occupy, take over, seize, capture, subjugate.
colonnade
colonnade noun we took a stroll through the colonnade: row of columns; portico, gallery, stoa, peristyle; arcade.
colony
colony noun 1 a French colony: settlement, dependency, protectorate, satellite, territory, outpost, province. 2 an artists' colony: community, commune; quarter, district, ghetto.
color
color noun 1 the lights changed color: hue, shade, tint, tone, coloration. 2 oil color: paint, pigment, colorant, dye, stain, tint, wash. 3 the color in her cheeks: redness, pinkness, rosiness, ruddiness, blush, flush, bloom. 4 people of every color: skin coloring, skin tone, coloring; race, ethnic group. 5 anecdotes add color to the text: vividness, life, liveliness, vitality, excitement, interest, richness, zest, spice, piquancy, impact, force; informal oomph, pizzazz, punch, kick; literary salt. 6 the regimental colors. See flag 1 (noun ). ▶verb 1 the wood was colored blue: tint, dye, stain, paint, pigment, wash. 2 she colored: blush, redden, go pink, go red, flush. 3 the experience colored her outlook: influence, affect, taint, warp, skew, distort, bias, prejudice. 4 they color evidence to make a story sell: exaggerate, overstate, embroider, embellish, dramatize, enhance, varnish; falsify, misreport, manipulate. WORD LINKS chromatic relating to color Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
colorful
colorful adjective 1 a colorful picture: brightly colored, vivid, vibrant, brilliant, radiant, rich; gaudy, glaring, garish; multicolored, multicolor, rainbow, varicolored, harlequin, polychromatic, psychedelic, neon, jazzy. 2 a colorful account: vivid, graphic, lively, animated, dramatic, fascinating, interesting, stimulating, scintillating, evocative.
colorless
colorless adjective 1 a colorless liquid: uncolored, white, bleached; literary achromatic. ANTONYMS colored. 2 her colorless face: pale, pallid, wan, anemic, bloodless, ashen, white, waxen, pasty, peaked, sickly, drained, drawn, ghostly, deathly. ANTONYMS rosy. 3 a colorless personality: uninteresting, dull, boring, tedious, dry, dreary; unexciting, bland, weak, insipid, vapid, vacuous, feeble, wishy-washy, lame, lifeless, spiritless, anemic, bloodless; nondescript, characterless, plain-vanilla. ANTONYMS colorful.
colossal
colossal adjective a colossal building | we made some colossal mistakes: huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, giant, mammoth, vast, immense, monumental, prodigious, mountainous, titanic, towering, king-size (d ), economy-size (d ); informal monster, whopping, humongous, jumbo, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
Oxford Thesaurus
colonist
colonist noun the first European colonists of North America: settler, colonizer, colonial, frontiersman, frontierswoman, pioneer; immigrant, newcomer; Brit. incomer; historical planter; N. Amer. historical homesteader, habitant, redemptioner, squatter.
colonize
colonize verb the Germans colonized Tanganyika in 1885: settle (in ), establish a colony in, people, populate, pioneer, open up, found; overrun, occupy, take over, seize, capture, take possession of, annex, subjugate. ANTONYMS leave; grant independence to.
colonnade
colonnade noun row of columns, peristyle; portico, arcade, loggia, covered walk, gallery, cloisters, stoa.
colony
colony noun 1 Belize is a former British colony: territory, possession, holding, dependency, province, dominion, protectorate, satellite (state ), settlement, outpost; historical tributary, fief. 2 the entire British colony in New York: population, community. 3 an artists' colony: community, association, commune, settlement, quarter, district, section, ghetto.
colossal
colossal adjective a colossal building: huge, massive, enormous, gigantic, very big, very large, great, giant, mammoth, vast, immense, tremendous, mighty, stupendous, monumental, epic, prodigious, mountainous, monstrous, titanic, towering, elephantine, king-sized, king-size, gargantuan, Herculean, Brobdingnagian; substantial, extensive, hefty, bulky, weighty, heavy, gross; informal mega, monster, whopping, whopping great, thumping, thumping great, humongous, jumbo, hulking, bumper, astronomical, astronomic; Brit. informal whacking, whacking great, ginormous. ANTONYMS tiny. WORD TOOLKIT Word Toolkits illustrate the difference between close synonyms by means of words typically used with them.
colour
colour noun 1 the lights flickered and changed colour: hue, shade, tint, tone, tinge, cast, tincture. 2 eight tubes of oil colour: paint, pigment, colourant, coloration, dye, stain, tint, wash. 3 add colour to her cheeks: redness, pinkness, rosiness, reddening, ruddiness, blush, flush, high colour, glow, bloom. ANTONYMS pallor. 4 people of every colour, creed, and race: skin colour, skin colouring, skin tone, complexion, colouring, pigmentation; race, ethnic group, stock. 5 the anecdotes and examples were chosen to add colour to strictly academic material: vividness, life, liveliness, vivacity, vitality, animation, excitement, interest, fascination, richness, zest, verve, spice, spiciness, bite, piquancy, sparkle, impact, vigour, vigorousness, force, forcefulness, point; informal oomph, pizzazz, zing, zip, zap, punch, kick; literary salt. 6 woods were unjustifiably disafforested under colour of the Statute of 1327: the pretext, the cloak, the mask, the pretence, the outward appearance, the guise, a false show, a show, a front, a facade, a semblance; on the excuse of. 7 (colours ) Lynn runs in the colours of the Oxford City club: strip, kit, uniform, costume, livery, insignia, regalia; badge, ribbon, rosette, emblem. 8 (colours ) the regimental colours: flag, standard, banner, pennant, pennon, streamer, ensign, banderole; Brit. pendant; Nautical burgee; in ancient Rome vexillum; rare gonfalon, guidon, labarum. ▶verb 1 the wood was coloured with a penetrating dye: tint, dye, tinge, shade, pigment, stain, colour-wash, colour in, paint. 2 she coloured up with embarrassment: blush, redden, go pink /red, turn red /crimson /scarlet, flush, crimson. ANTONYMS pale. 3 the experiences had coloured her whole existence: influence, affect, slant, taint, pervert, warp, twist, skew, distort, bias, prejudice, poison. 4 witnesses might colour evidence to make a story saleable: exaggerate, overstate, overdraw, overdo, embroider, embellish, dramatize, enhance, varnish; falsify, give a false account of, misrepresent, misreport, disguise, fudge, garble, distort, manipulate, take /quote out of context, bend, put a spin on, massage, strain. WORD LINKS colour chromatic relating to colour chromophobia fear of colour colorimetry measurement of colour Word Links sections supply words that are related to the headword but do not normally appear in a thesaurus because they are not actual synonyms.
colourful
colourful adjective 1 a colourful array of fruit: brightly coloured, bright-coloured, deep-coloured, brilliant, glowing, radiant, vivid, rich, vibrant; eye-catching, flamboyant, showy, gaudy, glaring, garish, flashy; multicoloured, multicolour, many-coloured, many-hued, rainbow, rainbow-like, varicoloured, variegated, harlequin, motley, prismatic, polychromatic, psychedelic; informal jazzy, (looking ) like an explosion in a paint factory. ANTONYMS colourless. 2 he regaled her with a colourful account of that afternoon's meeting: vivid, graphic, lively, animated, dramatic, striking, arresting, picturesque, interesting, stimulating, fascinating, scintillating, rich, evocative, detailed, highly coloured. ANTONYMS colourless.
colourless
colourless adjective 1 a colourless liquid: uncoloured, white, bleached, faded, washed out; literary achromatic; technical achromic. ANTONYMS coloured. 2 colourless cheeks: pale, pallid, wan, anaemic, bloodless, ashen, white, white as a ghost /sheet, grey, jaundiced, waxen, chalky, chalk-white, milky, pasty, pasty-faced, whey-faced, peaky, sickly, tired-looking, washed out, sallow, drained, drawn, sapped, ghostly, deathly, deathlike, bleached; rare etiolated. ANTONYMS rosy. 3 a colourless personality: uninteresting, dull, boring, tedious, monotonous, dry, drab, dreary, wearisome; unexciting, bland, non-stimulating, unimaginative, uninspiring, uninspired, weak, insipid, lustreless, lacklustre, vapid, flat, stale, trite, vacuous, feeble, pallid, wishy-washy, limp, lame, tired, lifeless, torpid, unanimated, zestless, spiritless, sterile, anaemic, barren, tame, bloodless, antiseptic; middle-of-the-road, run-of-the-mill, commonplace, mediocre, nondescript, characterless, mundane, inoffensive, humdrum, prosaic. ANTONYMS colourful.
Duden Dictionary
Colombo
Co lom bo Eigenname |Col o mbo |Hauptstadt von Sri Lanka
Colon
Co lon , das Kolon |C o lon |
Colón
Co lón Substantiv, maskulin , der |koˈlɔn |der Colón; Genitiv: des Colón [s ], Plural: die Colón [s ] nach der spanischen Namensform von Kolumbus Währungseinheit in Costa Rica (= 100 Céntimo ) und El Salvador = 100 Centavo
Colonel
Co lo nel Substantiv, maskulin Militär , der |…ˈnɛl französisch kɔlɔˈnɛl englisch ˈkəːnl |der Colonel; Genitiv: des Colonels, Plural: die Colonels englisch colonel < französisch colonel < italienisch colonnello, zu: colonna = Kolonne (von Soldaten ), also eigentlich = Kolonnenführer < lateinisch columna = Säule französische und englische Bezeichnung für: Oberst
Colonia
Co lo nia Substantiv, feminin , die |Col o nia |die Colonia; Genitiv: der Colonia, Plural: die Coloniae |[…ni̯ɛ ]|lateinisch ; »Ansiedlung «in der Antike eine Siedlung außerhalb Roms und des römischen Bürgergebiets z. B. Colonia Raurica, heute: Augst
Coloniakübel
Co lo nia kü bel , Ko lo nia kü bel Substantiv, maskulin ostösterreichisch , der Koloniakübel |Col o niakübel Kol o niakübel |Mülltonne
Color-
Co lor- Präfix Fotografie |auch koˈloːɐ̯ …|lateinisch color = Farbe Bestimmungswort in Zusammensetzungen mit der Bedeutung Farb- Colorfilm, Colornegativfilm, Colorvergrößerung
Colorado
Co lo ra do Substantiv, Neutrum |Color a do |Colorados Bundesstaat der USA
Coloradoit
Co lo ra do it Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Colorado i t auch …ˈɪt |das Coloradoit; Genitiv: des Coloradoits nach dem US-Bundesstaat Colorado ein seltenes Mineral
Colorbild
Co lor bild Substantiv, Neutrum , das |C o lorbild auch koˈloːɐ̯ …|das Colorbild; Genitiv: des Colorbild [e ]s, Plural: die Colorbilder lateinisch ; deutsch 1 Fernsehbild in Farbe 2 Farbfoto
Colorfilm
Co lor film Substantiv, maskulin , der der Colorfilm; Genitiv: des Colorfilm [e ]s, Plural: die Colorfilme Farbfilm
Colorgerät
Co lor ge rät Substantiv, Neutrum , das das Colorgerät; Genitiv: des Colorgerät [e ]s, Plural: die Colorgeräte Farbfernsehgerät
Coloskopie
Co lo s ko pie , Co lo sko pie , die Koloskopie |Coloskop ie |
French Dictionary
coloc
coloc n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Forme abrégée familière de colocataire.
colocataire
colocataire n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin S ’abrège familièrement en coloc. : Ma coloc est très sympathique. Mes colocs sont gentils. Locataire d ’un immeuble, d ’un appartement avec d ’autres personnes.
colocation
colocation n. f. nom féminin Location d ’un immeuble, d ’un appartement avec d ’autres personnes. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec collocation, proximité fréquente de deux mots dans un énoncé.
colombage
colombage n. m. nom masculin Système de charpente en pan de mur.
colombe
colombe n. f. nom féminin 1 littéraire Pigeon blanc. : La colombe est un symbole de paix. 2 figuré Partisan politique des solutions en douceur dont l ’opposant, l ’épervier, est un partisan des solutions de force.
Colombie-Britannique
Colombie-Britannique n. f. nom féminin Abréviation C.-B. (s ’écrit avec des points ). Note Technique Les habitants de la Colombie-Britannique sont des Britanno-Colombiens, des Britanno-Colombiennes. Une tradition britanno-colombienne..
colombien
colombien , ienne adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif et nom masculin et féminin De Colombie. : Le drapeau colombien. Un Colombien, une Colombienne. Note Typographique L ’adjectif s ’écrit avec une minuscule; le nom, avec une majuscule.
colombier
colombier n. m. nom masculin littéraire Pigeonnier.
côlon
côlon n. m. nom masculin Partie du gros intestin, du cæcum au rectum. Note Orthographique c ô lon.
colon
colon n. m. nom masculin 1 vieilli Fermier, cultivateur. 2 Personne établie dans une colonie. : Les colons juifs en Israël. 3 québécisme familier Personne peu raffinée. SYNONYME habitant ; paysan . Note Technique Ce mot a un sens défavorable.
colon
colon n. m. nom masculin Unité monétaire du Costa Rica et du Salvador. : Des colones (pluriel espagnol ). Note Technique Le mot peut aussi garder sa graphie d ’origine: colón. Prononciation Attention à la prononciation, [kɔlɔn ]
colonel
colonel colonelle n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin Officier, officière de rang supérieur. : Le colonel Gaucher, la colonelle Dubois. Note Typographique Le titre s ’écrit avec une minuscule.
colonial
colonial , iale , iaux adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif Relatif à une colonie. : Des empires coloniaux. nom masculin et féminin Personne qui a vécu aux colonies. : Un colonial, des coloniaux.
colonialisme
colonialisme n. m. nom masculin Système politique qui vise l ’exploitation économique d ’un territoire par un État étranger.
colonialiste
colonialiste adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif Relatif au colonialisme. : Une politique colonialiste. nom masculin et féminin Partisan du colonialisme.
colonie
colonie n. f. nom féminin 1 Possession d ’un pays en dehors de son territoire propre. : La Nouvelle-France était une colonie de la France. 2 Ensemble des résidents d ’une nation étrangère dans un lieu donné. : La colonie québécoise de Paris. LOCUTION Colonie de vacances. Groupe d ’enfants passant leurs vacances sous la conduite de moniteurs; endroit où se trouve ce groupe. : Un séjour en colonie de vacances. SYNONYME camp de vacances ; centre de vacances .
colonisateur
colonisateur , trice adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif Qui colonise. : Un pays colonisateur. ANTONYME colonisé . nom masculin et féminin Pays, groupe qui exploite une colonie. : Le Portugal a été un colonisateur.
colonisation
colonisation n. f. nom féminin Action de coloniser.
colonisé
colonisé , ée adj. et n. m. et f. adjectif Qui subit la colonisation. : Une région colonisée. nom masculin et féminin 1 Pays, État qui subit la colonisation. ANTONYME colonisateur . 2 figuré Personne, groupe qui a une attitude de dépendance propre aux colonies exploitées par un État, un groupe étranger.
coloniser
coloniser v. tr. verbe transitif 1 Organiser en colonie. : Les Portugais ont colonisé le Brésil. 2 Exploiter une colonie. aimer
colonnade
colonnade n. f. nom féminin Ensemble de colonnes. : Une colonnade grecque.
colonne
colonne n. f. nom féminin 1 Pilier circulaire soutenant les parties supérieures d ’un édifice. : Une colonne de béton. Note Technique Dans ce sens, ne pas confondre avec les noms suivants: – atlante, colonne sculptée en forme d ’homme soutenant un entablement; – caryatide ou cariatide, colonne sculptée en forme de femme soutenant une corniche sur sa tête; – pilastre, pilier carré dans une construction; – pilier, massif de maçonnerie rond ou carré soutenant une construction. 2 Suite de mots, de chiffres placés les uns en dessous des autres. : Un texte en deux colonnes. Une colonne de chiffres. LOCUTION Colonne vertébrale. Tige osseuse constituée par l ’ensemble des vertèbres.
colonnette
colonnette n. f. nom féminin Petite colonne. : Des colonnettes sculptées.
colophon
colophon n. m. nom masculin Texte de l ’achevé d ’imprimer figurant à la fin d ’un ouvrage. SYNONYME achevé d ’imprimer .
colorant
colorant , ante adj. et n. m. adjectif Qui colore. : Des shampooings colorants. nom masculin Substance colorée destinée à teindre (des aliments, des textiles, etc. ). : Des colorants végétaux, artificiels.
coloration
coloration n. f. nom féminin 1 Action de colorer. : La coiffeuse fait des colorations de cheveux. SYNONYME teinture . 2 Couleur. : La coloration de sa peau est jolie.
coloré
coloré , ée adj. adjectif 1 Qui a de belles couleurs. : Une étoffe très colorée. 2 figuré Qui a de l ’éclat, de l ’expression. : Un style coloré. SYNONYME expressif ; pittoresque .
colorectal
colorectal , ale , aux adj. médecine Qui est relatif au colon et au rectum. : Le dépistage des cancers colorectaux.
colorer
colorer v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif 1 Donner de la couleur à. : Elle a coloré ses joues. SYNONYME peindre ; teinter . Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le verbe colorier, appliquer des couleurs sur une surface. 2 figuré Donner un aspect particulier à quelque chose. : La perspective des vacances prochaines colore la vie en rose. Prendre une teinte particulière. : Au coucher du soleil, le ciel s ’est coloré de toute la gamme des rouges. Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Sous l ’effet du froid, ses joues s ’étaient colorées d ’un rose tendre. aimer
coloriage
coloriage n. m. nom masculin 1 Action de colorier. : Fanny aime faire du coloriage. 2 Dessin à colorier. : Un album de coloriages.
colorier
colorier v. tr. verbe transitif Appliquer des couleurs sur une surface, sur un dessin. : Colorier une illustration. Des albums à colorier. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le verbe colorer, donner de la couleur à quelque chose. étudier Conjugaison Redoublement du i à la première et à la deuxième personne du pluriel de l'indicatif imparfait et du subjonctif présent. (Que ) nous coloriions, (que ) vous coloriiez.
coloris
coloris n. m. nom masculin Couleur, teinte. : Ce coloris bleu-violet est magnifique. Prononciation Le s ne se prononce pas, [kɔlɔri ] Note Orthographique colori s.
colorisation
colorisation n. f. informatique Technique informatique de mise en couleurs (d ’une photo, d ’un dessin, d ’un film ) en noir et blanc. : Les prodiges d ’une colorisation délicieusement kitsch sur des photos anciennes. L ’auteur a mis un soin particulier à la colorisation de certaines images en noir et blanc.
coloriser
coloriser v. tr. informatique Se servir de l ’informatique pour mettre en couleurs (une photo, un dessin, un film ) en noir et blanc. : Ce créateur filme tout en noir et blanc, et colorise les quelques personnes ou objets qui lui mettent encore un peu de baume au cœur. Ce sont des documents d ’époque, des films en noir et blanc colorisés.
coloriste
coloriste n. m. et f. nom masculin et féminin 1 Spécialiste de la couleur (en peinture, en esthétique industrielle ). 2 Spécialiste de la coloration des cheveux.
coloscopie
coloscopie n. f. nom féminin médecine Examen visuel de l ’intérieur du côlon. : Il est scientifiquement établi que le dépistage du cancer du côlon par coloscopie permet de réduire la mortalité due à cette affection. Note Technique L ’auteur du DDFM, Serge Quérin, estime que l ’emploi du terme colonoscopie en ce sens n ’est aucunement justifié.
colossal
colossal , ale , aux adj. adjectif Très grand, gigantesque. : À New York, il y a des immeubles colossaux. SYNONYME énorme ; géant ; immense .
colosse
colosse n. m. nom masculin 1 figuré Géant. : Ce déménageur est un colosse. 2 Personne, groupe, pays très puissant.
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colobo
colobo nombre masculino Mono africano de cuerpo delgado, pelaje largo y sedoso, hocico aplanado, pulgares muy reducidos y cola muy larga no prensil acabada en un mechón .
colocación
colocación nombre femenino 1 Acción de colocar o colocarse :se encarga de la colocación y disposición de los elementos de la escena .2 Manera de estar colocadas personas o cosas en el espacio :la colocación de los bustos en puertas y muebles parece haber tenido un significado simbólico importante .3 Trabajo que se realiza a cambio de un salario :buscar colocación; uno de los objetivos de cualquier gobierno es la creación de colocaciones .SINÓNIMO empleo .
colocado, -da
colocado, -da adjetivo 1 [persona ] Que tiene una colocación o empleo .2 Esp coloquial [persona ] Que tiene alterado el estado físico y mental por efecto del consumo de alcohol o drogas .3 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Esp dep [pelotari ] Que queda en segundo lugar después del ganador de la quiniela .4 dep [jinete ] Que llega en segundo lugar a la meta en una carrera de caballos .5 nombre masculino dep En rugby, acto de dar un puntapié al balón colocado en el suelo con este fin .
colocar
colocar verbo transitivo 1 Poner a una persona o una cosa en un lugar, posición o situación determinados :colocar los libros en una estantería; colócate aquí y verás mejor; a medida que vaciamos cajas vamos colocando las cosas en su sitio; su actuación coloca al gobierno en una posición difícil .2 Dar un empleo a alguien en un lugar :ha colocado a todos sus hijos en la empresa familiar .3 Vender una mercancía a un público determinado :si este producto tiene salida, prepárate para fabricarlo en serie que yo me encargaré de colocarlo .4 coloquial Hacer que una persona se quede o compre una cosa que no deseaba o que no es de su gusto :fuimos a casa de la tía y nos colocó tres candelabros horribles .Se usa generalmente con valor humorístico .5 Invertir capital en algo para que produzca beneficios :colocar el dinero en fincas .6 Casar [los padres o los tutores ] a un hijo con alguien :dicen que se irán a vivir a la montaña cuando hayan conseguido colocar a todos sus hijos .Se usa generalmente con valor humorístico .7 Esp coloquial Producir [una droga ] efectos alucinatorios a la persona que la toma :opio y marihuana son drogas que colocan .8 colocarse verbo pronominal Ponerse [una persona ] en un lugar y posición determinados :para este experimento debes colocarte de pie y con las manos en la nuca; este salto le ha permitido colocarse entre los diez primeros del mundo .9 colocarse Empezar a trabajar [una persona ] en un lugar determinado :colocarse de albañil; al llegar a Santiago se colocó rápidamente en una fábrica textil .10 colocarse Esp coloquial Pasar a sentir los efectos alucinatorios de una droga .SINÓNIMO fliparse .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xiv ) del latín collocare ‘situar ’, derivado de locus ‘lugar ’. Del mismo origen que colgar (V.), ha mantenido el significado latino . Conjugación [1 ] como sacar .
colocho, -cha
colocho, -cha nombre masculino 1 ACent Rizo pronunciado del cabello .SINÓNIMO tirabuzón .2 ACent Viruta de la madera .3 Salv Servicio o favor que se hace a alguien .4 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Salv [persona ] Que tiene el cabello rizado .
colocolo
colocolo nombre masculino 1 Chile Mamífero parecido al gato montés, con manchas amarillas y negras, que habita en las regiones andinas y en las áreas boscosas de la costa; algunos especialistas lo consideran extinguido .2 Chile Animal fabuloso, con forma de lagarto y pez, en el cual se centran numerosas supersticiones, como la creencia de que aparece de noche para chupar la saliva de quienes están durmiendo .
colocón
colocón nombre masculino Esp coloquial Trastorno temporal de las capacidades físicas y mentales a causa del consumo excesivo de alcohol o drogas .SINÓNIMO coloque .
colodión
colodión nombre masculino Disolución de un producto derivado de la celulosa en un disolvente orgánico; especialmente la de nitrocelulosa en éter y alcohol, que expuesta al aire forma una masa sólida y tenaz; se emplea en fotografía, como aglutinante en cirugía y en la fabricación de explosivos :la primera gran innovación técnica en el mundo de la fotografía se produce hacia 1850 cuando se descubre, con el procedimiento del colodión húmedo, un sistema barato y de gran nitidez para obtener negativos fotográficos sobre placas de cristal .
colodra
colodra nombre femenino Recipiente de madera que llevaba un segador sujeto a la cintura con una correa, para guardar la pizarra con que debía afilar la guadaña .
colodrillo
colodrillo nombre masculino coloquial Parte posterior e inferior de la cabeza .
colofón
colofón nombre masculino 1 Nota o imagen impresa al final de un libro en que se indica el nombre del impresor y el lugar y la fecha de la impresión, o alguna otra circunstancia :en Venecia y en Roma aparecieron colofones en verso redactados por los humanistas que preparaban y corregían los textos .2 Conclusión o término de un asunto :puso colofón a su homenaje con un suspiro; y como colofón solo nos cabe decir que todavía se han de justificar 127 millones en las arcas del club .
colofonía
colofonía o colofonia nombre femenino Resina sólida, translúcida, pardusca o amarillenta, e inflamable, que se obtiene de la destilación de la trementina del pino y se emplea en cosmética, farmacia, etc .
coloidal
coloidal adjetivo 1 quím De los coloides o relacionado con ellos .SINÓNIMO coloideo .2 quím Que tiene la consistencia, propiedades o carácter de coloide .SINÓNIMO coloideo .
coloide
coloide adjetivo /nombre masculino quím [cuerpo ] Que, disgregado en un líquido, aparece como disuelto por la extremada pequeñez de sus partículas, pero que, a diferencia del cristaloide, no se difunde con su disolvente si tiene que atravesar ciertas láminas porosas .
coloideo, -dea
coloideo, -dea adjetivo quím Coloidal .
colombianismo
colombianismo nombre masculino 1 Palabra, expresión o giro propios del español de Colombia :la palabra ‘acueducto ’ con el significado de ‘red de tuberías ’ es un colombianismo .2 Estima o admiración por la cultura y las tradiciones de Colombia .
colombiano, -na
colombiano, -na adjetivo 1 Relativo a Colombia, país de América del Sur, o a sus habitantes .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que es de Colombia .
colombicultura
colombicultura (también columbicultura )nombre femenino Técnica de cría y fomento de la reproducción de palomas .
colombino, -na
colombino, -na adjetivo De Cristóbal Colón (1451?-1506 ) o relacionado con él o con su familia :centenario colombino; fiestas colombinas; celebraciones colombinas .
colombío
colombío nombre masculino Bol Sistema de transporte formado por dos o más asientos suspendidos de un cable de tracción, que se utiliza para salvar grandes diferencias de altitud .
colombo
colombo nombre masculino 1 Planta tropical trepadora de hojas acorazonadas y flores agrupadas en panojas axilares .2 Raíz de esta planta, de sabor amargo y color amarillento :el colombo se emplea en medicina por sus propiedades tónicas y astringentes .
colombofilia
colombofilia nombre femenino Técnica o afición a la cría, adiestramiento, cuidado, etc. , de las palomas, en especial de las mensajeras .
colombófilo, -la
colombófilo, -la adjetivo 1 De la colombofilia o relacionado con ella :sociedad colombófila .2 nombre masculino y femenino Persona aficionada a la colombofilia .
colon
colon nombre masculino Parte del intestino grueso que está comprendida entre el íleon y el recto :colon irritable; desde hace tiempo se sospechaba que la vitamina D podía prevenir la aparición de cáncer de colon .
colón
colón nombre masculino CRica Recipiente de cristal, de plástico o de otro material, a veces con un revestimiento de mimbre, con el cuerpo ancho y el cuello largo y estrecho, que sirve para contener o transportar líquidos .
Colón
Colón VÉASE huevo de Colón .
colón
colón 1 nombre masculino 1 Unidad monetaria de Costa Rica y El Salvador .2 Moneda con el valor de esta unidad .ETIMOLOGÍA Del apellido de Cristóbal Colón, por llevar grabada su efigie .
colón
colón 2 nombre masculino Barra de pan blanco .
colonato
colonato nombre masculino Sistema de explotación de las tierras por medio de colonos (agricultores ).
colonense
colonense adjetivo 1 Relativo a Colón, ciudad y provincia de Panamá, o a sus habitantes .2 adjetivo /nombre común [persona ] Que es de Colón .
colonia
colonia 1 nombre femenino 1 Grupo de personas de un mismo origen geográfico, de la misma etnia o religión que se instalan en un lugar distinto al suyo originario por motivos de diversa índole :muchas de las personas que integran la colonia catalana en México llegaron al país en la época de la guerra civil española; el presidente recibió a una representación de la colonia judía; en Alemania hay una importante colonia de españoles .2 Lugar donde se establece este grupo de personas :Cartagena fue una colonia cartaginense hasta que fue conquistada por Escipión el Africano .3 Territorio alejado de las fronteras de un estado extranjero y dominado por este administrativa, militar y económicamente :muchos lugares de América, Asia y África fueron colonias de países europeos durante el siglo xix; Gibraltar es una colonia británica .4 Lugar destinado a albergar a un grupo de niños o jóvenes durante el período de vacaciones :ir de colonias .5 Conjunto de viviendas construido al mismo tiempo y según un plan urbanístico común, normalmente en las afueras de una ciudad y para uso de los trabajadores de la empresa que promueve su construcción .6 Conjunto de animales pertenecientes a la misma especie que vive en un lugar concreto durante un período de tiempo limitado :el entramado montañoso de la sierra sirve de hábitat a una importante colonia de aves rapaces .7 Período histórico que se inicia con el descubrimiento y la conquista de América y concluye con la independencia de los estados de este continente a comienzos del siglo xix ; se caracterizó por el dominio español, y en menor medida portugués, en esas tierras .En esta acepción suele escribirse con mayúscula .8 Méx Cada una de las zonas en que se divide una ciudad :mi hermana vive en una colonia residencial .SINÓNIMO barrio .9 biol Asociación de organismos procedentes de un mismo progenitor y que están claramente relacionados entre sí; en determinados casos, como en los corales, las relaciones son tan estrechas que determinan una diferenciación y especialización de sus individuos :algunos protozoos, corales y plantas inferiores pueden vivir formando colonias .ETIMOLOGÍA Préstamo (s. xvi ) del latín colonia ‘propiedad rural ’, ‘establecimiento de romanos en una región controlada por Roma ’, de donde surgen las acepciones cuyo significado es ‘grupo ’, ‘conjunto ’.
colonia
colonia 2 nombre femenino Sustancia líquida elaborada con agua, alcohol y esencias de frutas o flores que se utiliza como perfume; su fórmula puede ser muy variada, dependiendo del tipo de esencia que se utilice o del grado alcohólico, entre 80 y 90 grados .También agua de Colonia .ETIMOLOGÍA Elisión de (agua de ) Colonia , ciudad de Alemania, por haber sido inventada allí (s. xviii ).
coloniaje
coloniaje nombre masculino 1 Colonia (período histórico ).2 Sistema de gobierno aplicado por España en sus colonias de América :las leyes de Indias dieron legitimidad jurídica al coloniaje, que tenía en los virreyes a los depositarios de la autoridad real en el continente .
colonial
colonial adjetivo 1 De las colonias (territorios ) o de su época, o relacionado con ellas :las fronteras coloniales; el reparto colonial; la América colonial; la pérdida del imperio colonial inglés en América; los antiguos territorios coloniales británicos; fenicios y griegos dirigieron sus expediciones coloniales hacia las costas españolas guiados por móviles económicos .2 Que se produce en las colonias o que tiene las características propias de lo que se produce en las colonias :comercio colonial; mobiliario colonial; cultivos coloniales; el estilo neoindio es, en Inglaterra, una consecuencia de la aventura colonial de este país en el subcontinente Índico; la embajada está en pleno centro colonial de La Habana vieja .3 De la colonia (período histórico ):la literatura colonial se inicia con los textos redactados por los cronistas; las costumbres coloniales .En América, comúnmente referido a la época en que este continente era colonia española .4 De las colonias de organismos o relacionado con ellas :la asociación colonial está formada por individuos unidos físicamente entre sí, que proceden todos de un individuo inicial por gemación .5 [organismo ] Que está unido a otros formando colonias :típicos animales coloniales son los corales .6 coloniales nombre masculino plural Productos alimenticios procedentes de las colonias, como el café, la canela, etc. :tienda de coloniales .
colonialismo
colonialismo nombre masculino 1 Sistema político y económico por el cual un estado extranjero domina y explota una colonia :el integrismo islámico es una consecuencia, una secuela, del colonialismo .2 Ideología que defiende este tipo de sistema :son decisiones de gobierno tendentes a erradicar de las mentes y conductas de los hombres todo residuo de imperialismo, dogmatismo hermético, racismo y colonialismo .
colonialista
colonialista adjetivo 1 Del colonialismo o que tiene relación con este sistema político y económico :un sistema de explotación colonialista; mentalidad colonialista .2 adjetivo /nombre común Que es partidario del colonialismo o lo practica :España fue hasta el siglo xix una potencia colonialista .
colonización
colonización nombre femenino 1 Establecimiento de un conjunto de personas en un territorio alejado de su pueblo, país o región de origen con la intención de poblarlo y explotar sus riquezas :con el descubrimiento de América y su colonización, se produjo entre Europa y el nuevo continente un interesante intercambio de cultivos .2 Ocupación, por parte de un estado extranjero, de un territorio alejado de sus fronteras para explotarlo y dominarlo administrativa, militar y económicamente :la colonización portuguesa de Mozambique .ANTÓNIMO descolonización .
colonizador, -ra
colonizador, -ra adjetivo 1 [país, pueblo ] Que establece una colonia en otro país o en un territorio :potencias colonizadoras .2 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino [persona ] Que se establece en un territorio del que no es originario para controlar y explotar sus riquezas o para repoblarlo .
colonizar
colonizar verbo transitivo 1 Establecerse [un conjunto de personas ] en un territorio alejado de su pueblo, país o región de origen con la intención de poblarlo y explotar sus riquezas :durante el reinado de Carlos III se colonizaron amplias zonas del sur de España; los primeros expedicionarios que llegaron a América inspeccionaron el territorio y luego comenzaron a colonizar las regiones con mayor número de recursos .2 Ocupar [un estado extranjero ] un territorio alejado de sus fronteras para explotarlo y dominarlo administrativa, militar y económicamente :Francia colonizó el norte de África .ANTÓNIMO descolonizar . Conjugación [4 ] como realizar .
colono, -na
colono, -na nombre masculino y femenino 1 Habitante de una colonia que no es nativo del lugar o desciende por línea directa de no nativos .2 Campesino que paga el alquiler o arrendamiento de una finca rural para poder cultivarla y sacarle provecho :según la ley, el colono puede devolver la finca al cedente cuando le convenga .SINÓNIMO rentero .3 Méx Persona que habita en una colonia (barrio ):el martes tenemos junta de colonos .4 nombre masculino Cuba Antiguamente, hombre originario de China que trabajaba en un ingenio azucarero .
colonoscopia
colonoscopia nombre femenino med Exploración o examen visual del interior del colon mediante un colonoscopio .
coloque
coloque nombre masculino coloquial Trastorno temporal de las capacidades físicas y mentales a causa del consumo excesivo de alcohol o drogas .SINÓNIMO colocón .
coloquial
coloquial adjetivo Que es propio de la conversación corriente :lenguaje coloquial; registro coloquial .SINÓNIMO conversacional, familiar .
coloquialismo
coloquialismo nombre masculino Carácter o aspecto de lenguaje coloquial en un escrito, en especial literario :la fluidez, espontaneidad y coloquialismo de Blas de Otero es el engañoso resultado de un rigor y elaboración del discurso; tras el coloquialismo de este poema se encuentra una elaboradísima y sofisticada estructura de carácter rítmico .
coloquíntida
coloquíntida nombre femenino 1 Planta de tallos rastreros y pelosos, hojas divididas en cinco lóbulos dentados, ásperas, vellosas y blanquecinas por el envés, flores amarillas y fruto parecido a la naranja .2 Fruto de esta planta, de corteza lisa, con la forma, tamaño y color de una naranja, y de sabor muy amargo .
coloquio
coloquio nombre masculino 1 Conversación entre dos o más personas .2 Reunión de personas en la que se expone y se discute acerca de un tema determinado :el diseñador invitado se incorporó tarde al coloquio porque estuvo contemplando por televisión uno de sus desfiles .SINÓNIMO debate .3 Debate que sigue a una disertación o una conferencia y que trata sobre las cuestiones tratadas en ellas :el Centro de Estudios de Política Exterior organiza una mesa redonda, seguida de coloquio sobre la crisis del Golfo .4 Composición literaria no teatral, en forma de diálogo .
color
color nombre masculino 1 Impresión que producen en la retina los rayos de luz reflejados y absorbidos por un cuerpo, según la longitud de onda de estos rayos :la percepción de los colores es un fenómeno subjetivo; el color varía según la cantidad de luz del ambiente y la distancia a la que se encuentra el objeto .color complementario Color del espectro que en la clasificación física del color es diametralmente opuesto a otro y que mezclado con él da como resultado el blanco, respecto de este otro color :el verde es un color complementario del rojo; el amarillo y el violeta son colores complementarios; si se mira durante un momento un cuadrado de color verde y se cierran los ojos, aparecerá, como imagen residual, un cuadrado de su color complementario (rojo ).color espectral o color del espectro Cada uno de los colores distinguidos en la descomposición de la luz solar (rojo, anaranjado, amarillo, verde, azul, añil y violáceo ):el arco iris muestra los siete colores espectrales .2 Sustancia que se usa para pintar o teñir :para pintar empleo colores de una marca holandesa; usaba grumos de color superpuestos y coagulados mezclando pintura con cola y papeles .color litúrgico Cada uno de los colores de que hace uso la Iglesia en el oficio divino (blanco, rojo, verde, morado, negro y azul ).color primario En bellas artes, cada uno de los tres colores o pigmentos (rojo, amarillo y azul ) a partir de los cuales se puede obtener cualquier otro color mezclándolos en las proporciones adecuadas .3 Color distinto del blanco, del negro y del gris :ropa de color; dibujar con muchos colores; transformó la iglesia desnuda en un recinto lleno de color; se compró tres camisas de color, después de muchos años de vestir invariablemente de gris .4 Lápiz con mina de color :un estuche con doce colores .SINÓNIMO pintura .5 Coloración de la cara que refleja el estado físico o anímico de una persona :hoy tienes mal color, ¿no estarás enfermo?También se usa en género femenino, sobre todo en lenguaje poético: salió de la sala con la color mudada .6 Cosmético que se aplica en el rostro para dar color .7 Distribución y combinación de los colores en una pintura .SINÓNIMO colorido .8 Carácter particular o apariencia de una cosa :novela de color dramático; los más viejos juzgan el cielo con benevolencia desde unos ojos imprevisibles donde la muerte cambia de color .SINÓNIMO coloración, colorido .9 Tendencia ideológica o corriente de opinión :en el Parlamento hay diputados de distinto color .10 En el juego del póquer, combinación de cinco cartas del mismo palo .11 formal Pretexto, en especial el que se da para esconder una cosa :atacar so color de defenderse .12 mús Cualidad de un sonido, en especial el timbre :la palabra mágica en la estética de fines del siglo fue la de color, que tenía, en la música, una aceptación clásica en el sentido de color instrumental, de timbre .13 colores nombre masculino plural Combinación de colores que un país o nación adopta como distintivo o símbolo y que usa en la bandera y el escudo :defender los colores de su país .colores nacionales Colores de la bandera de un país o nación :colocó tres pares de banderillas con los colores nacionales en todo lo alto .14 colores Combinación de colores que un club o entidad de carácter deportivo adopta como símbolo o distintivo y que usa en su bandera y en los uniformes de sus deportistas :vestir los colores de la selección nacional de fútbol; sentirse identificado con los colores de un club .15 colores Club o entidad deportiva que ha adoptado ciertos colores :defender los colores .a todo color [dibujo, fotografía ] Que está hecho con variedad de colores, y no solo en blanco y negro :un reportaje a todo color .dar color Animar una cosa, hacer que tenga más interés :una veintena de famosos fueron los encargados de dar color a la apertura estival de la discoteca .darse color Hond Dejarse traslucir en una persona sus verdaderas intenciones o pensamientos cuando intenta ocultarlos .de color [persona ] Que no es de raza blanca, en especial si es de raza negra o de piel oscura :el índice de abstención entre los votantes de color fue mucho mayor del esperado; Martin Luther King obtuvo el Premio Nobel de la Paz por sus esfuerzos por los derechos de la población de color .(de ) color (de ) rosa Se aplica a una situación o a una cosa que es agradable, placentera y sin dificultades :pintar las cosas de color de rosa; la vida no es de color de rosa, como imagina tu cabeza tan llena de pajaritos; no todo fue tan cruel como lo ven algunos ni tan de color rosa como estiman otros .en color i [imagen, fotografía, película ] Que tiene colores, en contraposición a la que es en blanco y negro .ii [aparato ] Que emite o reproduce imágenes de este tipo :televisor en color; impresora en color .mudar de color Sonrojarse una persona o cambiar el color de su rostro a causa de una emoción, como la vergüenza, el miedo o la ira contenida .no haber color Indica que una cosa no se puede comparar con otra u otras por ser mucho mejor que ellas :entre tu automóvil y el mío no hay color .ponerse de mil colores Sonrojarse una persona, generalmente por vergüenza .sacar los colores Hacer enrojecer de vergüenza a una persona :me ha dicho un piropo y me ha sacado los colores .subido de color [relato, chiste, imagen ] Que es escabroso o picante .subir de color Crecer la intensidad de una situación, de modo que se ponga más tensa o violenta :subir de color una discusión .tomar color Adquirir un fruto el tono propio de su madurez o adquirir otro alimento el tono propio de la transformación a la que se somete, como al freírse o al cocerse . VÉASE escalera de color .
coloración
coloración nombre femenino 1 Acción de colorear :una sustancia para la coloración del cabello; el alfarero utiliza la técnica de la coloración a partir de óxidos minerales .2 Conjunto, disposición y grado de intensidad de los colores de un animal o de una cosa :los loros tienen una coloración muy vistosa; el sol se había detenido detrás de la copa de un pino, como un quiste de coloración más intensa que la piel que lo rodea .SINÓNIMO colorido .3 Carácter particular o apariencia de una cosa :la coloración costumbrista de un relato .SINÓNIMO color, colorido .
coloradismo
coloradismo nombre masculino Corriente política que sigue las ideas y defiende los intereses del Partido Colorado de Paraguay .
colorado, -da
colorado, -da nombre masculino /adjetivo 1 Color rojo :los cajones de dentro son de brasil y la delantera labrada de marfil laqueada de colorado .2 adjetivo Que es de este color :usan aceites y tierra colorada como almagre para embadurnarse la cara, la nariz y la frente; el suelo era de baldosas coloradas y casi todas estaban rotas o se movían .SINÓNIMO encarnado .3 Que tiene un color de piel rojizo, especialmente debido a un estado de sofocación, a la exposición al sol o a la afluencia de sangre a la cabeza a causa de alguna emoción, como la vergüenza o la ira :ponerse colorado .SINÓNIMO rojo .4 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Par [persona ] Que es allegado o miembro del Partido Colorado de Paraguay .5 adjetivo Par Relativo al Partido Colorado de Paraguay .6 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Urug [persona ] Que es allegado o miembro del Partido Colorado del Uruguay .6 adjetivo Urug Relativo al Partido Colorado del Uruguay . VÉASE colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado; poner las orejas coloradas .
colorante
colorante nombre masculino /adjetivo Sustancia soluble en agua, capaz de teñir y dar un nuevo color a un tejido, alimento, etc. ; puede ser de origen natural o sintético :materia colorante .
colorar
colorar verbo transitivo Colorear, dar color .
colorativo, -va
colorativo, -va adjetivo Que da color o sirve para teñir .
coloratura
coloratura nombre femenino mús Ornamentación de la melodía .de coloratura Se dice del cantante, especialmente de la soprano, que es capaz de ejecutar ornamentos de la melodía .
colorear
colorear verbo transitivo 1 Dar color a una cosa, pintarla o teñirla de color :colorear una película; las cerámicas pueden ser coloreadas con distintos óxidos; algunas plantas diminutas penetran en los poros de las rocas y colorean las cumbres ;sus mejillas se colorearon; el agua del río se coloreó de rojo .SINÓNIMO colorar .ANTÓNIMO decolorar, descolorar, descolorir .2 verbo intransitivo Tomar [ciertos frutos ] el color rojo propio de su madurez .
colorete
colorete nombre masculino 1 Cosmético, generalmente en forma de polvos de tonos rojizos o rosados, que se aplica en las mejillas para dar color al rostro ¿cómo no me di cuenta antes de que llevaba colorete en los pómulos?2 Colomb, Méx, Pan Barra pequeña hecha de una sustancia compacta y grasa que se usa como cosmético para dar color a los labios, y que generalmente va guardada en un pequeño estuche alargado .SINÓNIMO barra de labios, creyón, labial, lápiz de labios, pintalabios .
colorido, -da
colorido, -da nombre masculino 1 Conjunto, disposición y grado de intensidad de los colores de una cosa, en especial de una pintura :se conservan dibujos a pluma con fondos de suave colorido; las maderas de las Indias, por su rareza, calidad y variedad de colorido son las más preciadas para la construcción de muebles .SINÓNIMO coloración .2 Arte de combinar los colores en una pintura :un pintor hábil en el colorido .3 Colores brillantes, vivos o variados de una cosa :las mariposas se desarrollan aquí con especial exuberancia y colorido; el colorido de sus flores ha convertido la cineraria en una planta cotizada y apreciada .4 Viveza, animación, vistosidad de una cosa :un espectáculo lleno de colorido; en sus acuarelas representa la vida cotidiana con personajes de gran colorido; su creación musical se caracteriza por la importancia concedida al ritmo y al colorido; las islas más pequeñas tienen un colorido particularmente atractivo y una vida tranquila .5 Carácter particular o apariencia de una cosa .SINÓNIMO color, coloración .6 adjetivo Que tiene colores brillantes, vivos o variados :los abejarucos y martines pescadores tienen un plumaje muy colorido y brillante; la Tierra nos sustenta, gobierna, y produce diversos frutos con coloridas flores y hierbas .7 Que muestra viveza, animación o vistosidad :una hermosa y colorida ciudad; los bailes populares protagonizan los momentos más coloridos y tradicionales de las fiestas bolivianas .
colorín, -rina
colorín, -rina nombre masculino 1 Jilguero .SINÓNIMO cardelina .2 Color vivo, brillante y llamativo, especialmente si contrasta con otros :no me gusta la ropa con tantos colorines; desde tan alto, las personas se veían diminutas en la tierra, con algún colorín que las hacía visibles .Se usa más en plural .3 adjetivo /nombre masculino y femenino Chile [persona ] Que tiene el cabello pelirrojo .4 nombre masculino Méx Planta arbórea de ramas espinosas y madera blanca, cuyas flores, de color rojo y agrupadas en racimos, son comestibles .5 Méx Fruto de esta planta .colorín colorado, este cuento se ha acabado coloquial Fórmula tradicional con que acaba un cuento infantil, que se utiliza para indicar que ha finalizado; se aplica también a otras narraciones habladas o escritas .
colorinche
colorinche adjetivo Amér coloquial [cosa ] Que es de colores muy chillones o mal combinados :una camisa colorinche .
colorismo
colorismo nombre masculino 1 pint Tendencia de algunos artistas a dar preferencia al color sobre el dibujo :el colorismo de El Veronés .2 lit Tendencia a recargar el estilo de una obra literaria mediante la acumulación de un léxico efectista y de adjetivos, a veces redundantes o impropios .Se usa en ocasiones con valor despectivo .
colorista
colorista adjetivo 1 Que tiene mucho colorido :una pintura colorista; vestía el colorista y típico atuendo de aquella región de la India .2 adjetivo /nombre común [pintor ] Que usa con abundancia, acierto y efectividad el color :Veronés fue un gran colorista; fue un dibujante excepcional y un colorista refinado que cultivó con igual éxito lo mitológico y lo religioso; magnífico colorista, desprecia el dibujo y comete con frecuencia incorrecciones que solo la belleza del color y de la materia pictórica consiguen hacer perdonar .3 adjetivo Que es propio del artista que usa con abundancia, acierto y efectividad el color :Van Dyck fue pintor de gran elegancia y habilidad colorista .4 adjetivo /nombre común [escritor ] Que emplea un léxico efectista y muchos adjetivos, a veces redundantes o impropios .5 adjetivo [estilo, obra literaria, descripción ] Que es recargado por utilizar un léxico efectista y muchos adjetivos, a veces redundantes o impropios :realizó una definición profusa y colorista del país homenajeado .
colosal
colosal adjetivo 1 Que es extraordinariamente grande o sobresaliente :figura colosal; estatua colosal; un edificio de dimensiones colosales .2 adverbio coloquial Muy bien, de forma excelente :quería pasarlo genial, colosal .SINÓNIMO bestial .
colosalismo
colosalismo nombre masculino Cualidad de lo que es colosal :las figuras humanas que aparecen en la entrada sirven para destacar el colosalismo de la construcción .
colosalista
colosalista adjetivo Del colosalismo o relacionado con él :se impuso entonces en la productora una tendencia colosalista que potenció grandes producciones espectaculares de escaso valor artístico .
coloso
coloso nombre masculino 1 Estatua que excede mucho del tamaño natural :el Coloso de Rodas fue una de la siete maravillas de la Antigüedad .2 Persona o cosa extraordinariamente grande o sobresaliente :Juan es un coloso en matemáticas .
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
Colo
Colo .Colorado .
Cologne
Co logne /kəlóʊn /名詞 1 ケルン 〘ドイツ西部Rhine川に臨む港市 〙.2 U 〖時にc -〗＝eau de Cologne .
Colombia
Co lom bi a /kəlʌ́mbiə |-lɔ́m -/名詞 コロンビア 〘南米北西部の共和国; 首都Bogot á 〙.
Colombo
Co lom bo /kəlʌ́mboʊ /名詞 コロンボ 〘インド洋にあるSri Lankaの旧首都で海港 〙.
colon
co lon 1 /kóʊlən /名詞 複 ～s /-z /C (句読点の )コロン 〘:〙.語法 コロンを用いる場合 1 具体的な項目, 品目を列挙する場合 .2 引用文 [句 ]を導入する場合 .3 ｟かたい書 ｠先行する文に説明や情報を付加する文, 句を続ける場合 (!period, semicolonも使える ) (→in other word s 読解のポイント , for example 読解のポイント ).4 2つの数字を対比したり, 時間を表示したりする場合 ▸ 5:3 5対3 (!five to threeと読む ) ▸ 5:30 p.m.午後5時30分 (!｟英 ｠では5.30 pm ) .
colon
co lon 2 /kóʊlən /名詞 C 〘解剖 〙結腸 .
colon
co lon 3 /kəlóʊn |kɔlɔ́n /名詞 複 ～es /-neɪs /, ～s C コロン 〘コスタリカ エルサルバドルの通貨単位 〙.
colonel
colo nel /kə́ː r n (ə )l / (! colo-は /kəː r /; kernelと同音 ) 〖語源は 「縦隊 (column )の長 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-z /C 〖時に呼びかけで; 時にC -〗1 ｟米 ｠(陸軍 空軍 海兵隊の )大佐 ; ｟英 ｠(陸軍 海兵隊の )大佐 〘准将 (brigadier )の下, 中佐 (lieutenant colonel )の上の階級; ｟略 ｠Col. 〙▸ Colonel William Sharp ウィリアム シャープ大佐 2 ＝lieutenant colonel .3 ｟古 ｠カーネル 〘米南部諸州での年配の男の人に対する敬称 〙.C -̀ Bl í mp ｟英 非難して やや古 ｠(初老で考え方の古い )尊大な反動主義者 (!英国の漫画家David Lowの作品の登場人物から ) .
colonelcy
c ó lo nel cy /-si /名詞 U 大佐の位 [職 ].
colonial
co lo ni al /kəlóʊniəl /→colony 形容詞 比較なし 1 〖名詞 の前で 〗植民地の , 植民地風の ▸ British colonial rule 英国による植民地支配 2 ｟主に米 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で; しばしばC -〗(17 --18世紀の米国で一般的だった )植民地時代 (風 )の , コロニアルスタイルの 〈建物 家具 〉; (米国が独立する以前の )英国植民地時代の .3 ｟英 ｠(地元住民を蔑 （さげす ）む )植民地人特有の 〈精神など 〉.4 〘生態 〙群生の .名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗(植民地支配国の国籍を持つ )植民地人 [住民 ].
colonialism
co l ó ni al ì sm 名詞 U 植民地主義 (政策 ).
colonialist
co l ó ni al ist 名詞 C 植民地主義者 .形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗植民地主義 (者 )の .
colonic irrigation
co l ó n ic ir ri g à tion /koʊlɑ́nɪk -|-lɔ́n -/名詞 U 腸内洗浄 .
colonist
col o nist /kɑ́lənɪst |kɔ́l -/名詞 C 植民地開拓者 ; 入植者, 海外移住者 .
colonization
c ò l o ni z á tion 名詞 U 植民地化, 植民 .
colonize
col o nize /kɑ́lənàɪz |kɔ́l -/動詞 他動詞 1 〈地域 国など 〉を植民地化する ; 〈移民 〉を植民地に移住させる .2 〘生物 〙〈動物が 〉〈ある場所 〉にコロニーを作る ; 〖通例be ～d 〗〈ある場所が 〉【植物の 】群生地となる «by » .3 ｟米 ｠(選挙のため )〈有権者 〉を一時移住させる .自動詞 植民地を開拓する, (ある地域に )入植する ; 群生する .
colonizer
c ó l o n ì zer 名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗植民地開拓者 ; 入植者 ; ｟米 ｠移入有権者 .
colonnade
col on nade /kɑ̀lənéɪd |kɔ̀l -/〖＜フランス 〗名詞 C 1 〘建 〙(屋根などを支える )列柱, 柱廊, コロネード .2 並木, 街路樹 .
colonnaded
c ò l on n á d ed /-ɪd /形容詞 〖名詞 の前で 〗〘建 〙列柱を配した回廊付きの, 柱廊付きの 〈建物など 〉.
colony
col o ny /kɑ́ləni |kɔ́l -/〖語源は 「耕す人 」〗(形 )colonial 名詞 複 -nies /-z /C (!住民や動植物をさす場合は単数形でも時に複数扱い ) 1 植民地 ▸ the former British colony 元 [かつての ]英領植民地 2 a. 〖the Colonies 〗〘米史 〙東部13州 (の英国植民地 ) 〘後に独立しアメリカ合衆国を形成 〙.b. ｟英 やや古 ｠〖the -nies 〗(すべての )英国植民地 .3 (同じ人種 職種または興味の一致する人々の )集団居住地 , コロニー , …人街 ; その住民 ▸ an artists' colony 芸術家村 4 〘生物 〙(動物の )群棲 （ぐんせい ）, (植物の )群生 , コロニー ; 群棲 [生 ]地 ▸ a breeding colony of chimpanzees チンパンジーの繁殖地 5 〖単数形で 〗植民 [移民 ]団 .6 海外領土 (の住民 ).7 (治療などのための )隔離地区 (の住民 ).
color
col or ｟英 ｠col our /kʌ́lə r / (! co-は /kʌ /) 〖語源は 「覆い隠す (もの )」〗(形 )colored, colorful 名詞 複 ～s /-z /1 C U 色 , 色彩 ; 色合い , 色調 (!「色 」を表す最も一般的な語 ) ▸ My favorite color is blue .私の好きな色はブルーです ▸ bright [pale, pastel ] colors はっきりした [淡い, 柔らかい ]色調 ▸ Available in 6 colors .｟商品カタログ ｠6 (種類の )色がございます ▸ His eyes are bluish-grey color [bluish-grey in color ].彼の眼は青味を帯びた灰色です ▸ The flower bed was a riot of color .花壇は色の氾濫 （はんらん ）だった ; さまざまな花が咲き乱れていた 2 C 皮膚の色 ; U 〖時にa ～〗(有色人種の )皮膚の色 (!丁寧な表現 ) ▸ people of all colors and races 肌の色の違うあらゆる民族の人々 ▸ a person of color 有色人種 (特に黒人 )の人 3 C U 絵の具 , (毛染め )染料 , 顔料 ; 特定の色の服 ▸ Which make of hair color do you use? どこのメーカーの毛染めを使っているの 4 U (良い )血色, 顔色 (!特に健康状態を示す ) ; (恥じらいなどの )紅潮 ; 赤面 (blush )▸ Color flooded her face when he smiled at her .彼がほほえみかけると彼女は真っ赤になった ▸ The color drained from her face .彼女の顔から生気が失われた 5 U (白黒に対して )カラー , 色付き , 多色 (!しばしば形容詞的に; →monochrome ) ▸ a color television [photograph ]カラーテレビ [写真 ]▸ a full- color print 多色刷りの印刷物 ▸ The film was made in color .その映画はカラーだった 6 U (場所 人に備わる )個性 , 特色 ; 〘楽 〙音色 , 音質 ; 生気 , 色彩 , 生彩 (vividness ); 興趣 ▸ The restaurant is full of color .そのレストランは趣がある ▸ Personal anecdotes added [gave ] color to the story .個人的なエピソードの数々がその話に生彩を加えていた 7 〖～s 〗(団体 学校 国などの象徴としての )色 (!制服や旗に用いられる ) ▸ school [team ] colors スクール [チーム ]カラー ▸ the French national colors フランスのナショナルカラー 〘赤 青 白 〙8 ｟主に英 ｠〖～s 〗(団体 国 船などの )旗 , 記章 , バッジ , 色リボン ▸ The national colors flew over the palace .宮殿の上に国旗が翻っていた ▸ sail under German colors ドイツ旗を掲げて航海する 9 U C 外観 ; 本当らしさ , 見せかけ ; 口実 .ch à nge c ó lor 〈人が 〉顔色を変える, 青く [赤く ]なる .g ì ve (a ) f à lse c ó lor to A ＝put a false color on A .g ì ve [l è nd ] c ó lor to A A 〈特に異様なこと 〉を真実らしく見せる, もっともらしく見せる .in (f ù ll ) c ó lor 〈映画 写真などが 〉 (白黒でなく )カラーで, 色付きで (↑5 ).l ò se c ó lor 〈人が 〉青くなる, 顔色が悪くなる, 色を失う .l ò wer one's c ó lors 要求を引き下げる, 譲歩する, 降参する, 下手に出る (!「旗を下ろす 」より; ↑8 ) .n à il one's c ó lors to the m á st 主義主張を明らかにする, 旗幟 （きし ）鮮明にする ; «…について » (最後まで )固守する «on » .ò ff c ó lor 1 ｟英 くだけた話 ｠〖通例be ～〗健康でなくて ; 気分が悪くて, 元気がない ▸ You look a bit off color .ちょっと気分が悪そうだね [元気がないね ]2 ｟主に米 ｠いやらしい, 猥褻 （わいせつ ）な, 下品な .p à int in br ì ght [d à rk ] c ó lors 大いに楽 [悲 ]観する .p ù t a f à lse c ó lor on A A (の事実 )を曲げて解釈をする, Aを曲解する .s à il under f à lse c ó lors いつわって行動する ; 偽善的にふるまう .s è e A in its tr ù e c ó lors A 〈人 物 事 〉の本音 [本性 ]を見る [知る ].s è e the c ó lor of A's m ò ney ｟話 ｠A 〈人 〉が支払う金を持っているかどうか確かめる ; Aに金を払ってもらう .sh ò w one's (tr ù e ) c ó lors = sh ò w one s è lf in one's tr ù e c ó lors (特によくない )本性 [正体 ]を現す .st ì ck to one's c ó lors 自分の主義 [意見 ]を固守する .under c ó lor of A Aの口実のもとに .with fl ỳ ing c ó lors 大成功を収めて, 見事に (!come off, passなどの動詞 (句 )と共に ) .動詞 他動詞 1 【鉛筆 クレヨンなどで 】…に色を付ける [塗る ] «with » ; 〈髪の毛 〉を染める ; 〖～ A C 〗A 〈物 〉をC 〈色 〉に塗る ▸ She drew a cat and colored it black .彼女はネコを描いてそれを黒く塗った 2 …に (悪 )影響を与える (affect 1 ); 〈話など 〉に色を付ける , …を潤色する ; 〈事実など 〉を曲げる ▸ Don't allow your friendship with him to color your opinion of him .友情ゆえに彼に対する判断を誤ってはならぬ 3 〈熱などが 〉〈顔など 〉を赤くする .自動詞 1 色を塗る .2 ｟書 ｠ «…に » 〈人が 〉 (困惑して )赤面する (up ) «at » .3 〈木の葉などが 〉色づく , 変色する .c ò lor í n (線画などに )色を塗り込む .c ò lor A í n [í n A ]A 〈線画など 〉に色を塗り込む .～́ b à r [｟米 ｠ l ì ne ]〖単数形で 〗(白人と有色人種間の )人種差別 (の障壁 ).～́ sch è me (部屋 庭園 絵などの )色彩設計, 配色 .～́ s ù pplement ｟英 ｠(特に日曜の新聞に折り込まれる )色刷り付録 .～́ w à sh 水性染料 [塗料 ], 泥絵の具 .
Colorado
Col o rad o /kɑ̀lərǽdoʊ |kɔ̀lərɑ́ːdəʊ /〖語源はスペイン語 「赤褐色の (川 )」〗名詞 1 コロラド 〘米国西部の州; 州都Denver; ｟愛称 ｠the Centennial State; ｟略 ｠Colo. , Col. ; 〘郵 〙CO 〙.2 〖the ～〗コロラド川 〘流域にGrand Canyon, Hoover Damがある 〙.～̀ (pot á to ) b é etle ｟米 ｠〘虫 〙コロラドハムシ 〘ジャガイモの害虫 〙.
coloration
col or a tion /kʌ̀ləréɪʃ (ə )n /名詞 U (動植物の )色合い ; 天然色 ; 着色 [彩色 ](法 ); 特質, 信念 .
coloratura
col o ra tu ra /kʌ̀l (ə )rətʊ́ ə rə |kɔ̀l -/〖＜イタリア 〗名詞 〘楽 〙1 U コロラチュラ 〘細かく技巧的に装飾された旋律 〙.2 C コロラチュラソプラノ歌手 .
color(-)blind
c ó lor (-)bl ì nd 形容詞 1 〖通例be ～〗色盲の, 色覚異常の .2 〈組織 制度などが 〉人種差別をしない, 人種偏見のない .3 感受性の乏しい .～ness 名詞 U 色盲 .
color-coded
c ó lor-c ò d ed /-ɪd /形容詞 (識別のため )色分けされた .
colored
col ored ｟英 ｠-oured /kʌ́lə r d /→color 形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 a. (白や黒でない )色の付いた , 着色された 〈物など 〉▸ brightly colored vegetables 色の鮮やかな野菜 ▸ colored pencils 色鉛筆 b. 〖複合語を作って 〗…色の ▸ a cream- colored jacket クリーム色のジャケット ▸ a multi- colored chart いろいろな色を使った表 2 ｟卑 やや古 ｠黒人の , 有色人種の (!非常に侮辱的な表現なので使用は避ける ) ▸ colored folks [people ]黒人 3 ｟南ア ｠〖C- 〗白人と黒人の混血の , カラードの .4 〈考え 事実などが 〉ゆがんだ , 偏った .名詞 C 1 ｟卑 やや古 ｠〖通例 ～s 〗黒人 , 有色人種 (→African-American ).2 ｟南ア ｠〖C- 〗(白人と黒人の )混血 , カラード .
colorfast
c ó lor f à st 形容詞 〈生地などが 〉色落ちしない, 色の褪 （あ ）せない .
colorful
col or ful ｟英 ｠-our -/kʌ́lə r f (ə )l /→color 形容詞 more ～; most ～1 色鮮やかな , 色彩豊かな, カラフルな ▸ a colorful bird 色鮮やかな鳥 ▸ The billboard is colorful and easy to see .その看板は色鮮やかで目に付きやすい 2 〈話などが 〉生き生きとした , おもしろい ▸ use colorful metaphors 生き生きとした比喩 （ひゆ ）を使う .3 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗波乱に富んだ , 興味深い , 華やかな, 派手な 〈人生 経験 人など 〉▸ a man with a colorful past 多彩な過去を持つ男 (!時に反社会的な過去を暗示 ) ▸ a colorful character [figure ]興味深い人物 4 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗口汚い , 下品な 〈言葉 〉(bad )▸ colorful language [remarks ]下品な言葉 [発言 ]～ly 副詞 色鮮やかに, 色彩豊かに, カラフルに .
coloring
col or ing ｟英 ｠-our -/kʌ́l (ə )rɪŋ /名詞 1 U C (食品の )着色料 (food coloring ); 顔料 ; 染料 ; 絵の具 .2 U 肌 [髪 ]の色, 顔色, 血色 .3 U (動植物 物の )自然の色 (合い ).4 U ぬり絵 .5 U 着色 [彩色 ](法 ).6 U 見せかけ, もっともらしさ .7 U (作品などの )趣, 調子, 文体 .～́ b ò ok (子供の )ぬり絵帳 .
colorist
col or ist /kʌ́l (ə )rɪst /名詞 C 1 彩色の巧みな画家 [デザイナー ]; 彩色者 .2 染髪専門の美容師 .
colorless
c ó lor less 形容詞 1 〈物 液体 気体などが 〉無色の ; くすんだ色の .2 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗おもしろみのない, 退屈な, 生彩を欠いた 〈人 人生 話など 〉(dull )(↔colorful ).3 〖通例be ～〗〈顔が 〉 (恐怖や病気で )青ざめた, 青白い .4 中立の, 偏っていない .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞
colossal
co los sal /kəlɑ́s (ə )l |-lɔ́s (ə )l /形容詞 〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗1 巨大な ; 膨大な, 莫大 （ばくだい ）な 〈量 金額など 〉; 非常に大きな 〈問題 規模など 〉.2 見事な, 驚くべき .3 (彫刻で )等身大の2倍の .～ly 副詞
Colosseum
Col os se um /kɑ̀ləsí (ː )əm |kɔ̀l -/名詞 1 〖the ～〗〘史 〙コロセウム 〘古代ローマの大円形競技場; 今は遺跡 〙.2 C 〖c- 〗大演技場 (coliseum ).
Colossians
Co los sians /kəlɑ́ʃənz |-lɔ́ʃ -/名詞 〖the ～; 単数扱い 〗〘聖書 〙コロサイ書 〘St. Paulによる新約聖書の一書; 略Col., Coloss.〙.
colossus
co los sus /kəlɑ́səs |-lɔ́s -/〖原義は 2 〗名詞 複 -si /-saɪ /, ～es C 1 ｟主に報道 ｠〖単数形で 〗巨人, 偉人 ; 巨大な物 .2 巨像 ; 〖the C- 〗ロードス島の巨像 (Colossus of Rhodes ) 〘the seven Wonders of the Worldの1つ 〙.
colostomy
co los to my /kəlɑ́stəmi |-lɔ́s -/名詞 複 -mies U C 〘医 〙人工肛門形成 (術 ).
colour
col our /kʌ́lə r /名詞 動詞 ｟英 ｠＝color .
colourful
col our ful /kʌ́lə r f (ə )l /形容詞 ｟英 ｠＝colorful .
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