Coloured Meaning and Definition


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Coloured meaning

Word: Coloured

How to pronounce: ˈkʌləd

How to pronounce: ˈkʌləd

How to pronounce:

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Having a colour or colours, especially as opposed to being black, white, or neutral.

Example sentences: "Strings of coloured lights"

2. Wholly or partly of non-white descent.

3. Used as an ethnic label for people of mixed ethnic origin, including Khoisan, African, Malay, Chinese, and white.

Noun

Definitions:

1. A person who is wholly or partly of non-white descent.

2. A person of mixed descent usually speaking Afrikaans or English as their mother tongue.

Example sentences: "The ANC was not making much progress among Indians or mixed-race Coloureds"

3. Clothes, sheets, etc. that are any colour but white.

Example sentences: "She wouldn't mix her whites with her coloureds on wash day"


Synonyms:

dyed


Synonyms:

multicoloured

multicolored

varicoloured

colourful

varicolored

varied

flower

motley

variegated

multicolor

rainbow

polychrome

polychromatic

dyed

dark

chromatic


Synonyms:

colors


Antonyms:

discolor

discolour


Derivations:

colored

colourful

colorful

colourable

colour

color

colouration

colouring

colour

color

coloration

coloring

coloured

colorful

colorable


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Coloured in Other Languages...

Spanish: Colorear

German: Farbig

French: Coloré

Italian: Colorato

Turkish: Renkli


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