discolor
English
Alternative forms
- discolour (British)
Etymology
From Middle English discoloren, discoloren, from Old French descolorer, discolorer, equivalent to dis- + color.
Pronunciation
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Verb
discolor (third-person singular simple present discolors, present participle discoloring, simple past and past participle discolored)
- (American spelling) To change or lose color.
- Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor.
- A bad enough bruise can discolor the skin.
Derived terms
Translations
(intransitive) to change or lose color
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(transitive) to change or lose color
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈdɪs.kɔ.ɫɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈd̪is.ko.lor]
Adjective
discolor (genitive discolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- having a different colour
- variegated
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | discolor | discolōrēs | discolōria | ||
| genitive | discolōris | discolōrium | |||
| dative | discolōrī | discolōribus | |||
| accusative | discolōrem | discolor | discolōrēs | discolōria | |
| ablative | discolōrī | discolōribus | |||
| vocative | discolor | discolōrēs | discolōria | ||
References
- “discolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “discolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- "discolor", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- discolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin discolorus.
Adjective
discolor m or n (feminine singular discoloră, masculine plural discolori, feminine and neuter plural discolore)
- (dated) multicolored
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | discolor | discoloră | discolori | discolore | |||
| definite | discolorul | discolora | discolorii | discolorele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | discolor | discolore | discolori | discolore | |||
| definite | discolorului | discolorei | discolorilor | discolorelor | ||||