couleur

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French couleur. Doublet of color.

Noun

couleur (plural couleurs)

  1. (card games) A suit of cards, in certain French card games.

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French couleur, from Old French color, from Latin colōrem m.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ku.lœʁ/
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Noun

couleur f (plural couleurs)

  1. color, colour
    • 1986, “Il était une fois … un pays blanc [There Once Was… a White Land]”, in Il était une fois … une petite grenouille [There Once Was… a Little Frog] (fiction), Paris: CLE International:
      Au pays des couleurs, au pays des couleurs,
      Il’y a des oiseaux bleus,
      Et un lion jaune.
      Il’y a des oiseaux bleus,
      Et un lion jaune.
      Au pays des couleurs, au pays des couleurs,
      Il’y a des poissons rouges,
      Et un crocodile vert.
      Il’y a des poissons rouges,
      Et un crocodile vert.
      Il’y a des poissons rouges,
      Et un crocodile vert.
      Au pays des couleurs, au pays des couleurs,
      Il’y a des animaux
      De toutes les couleurs.
      Il’y a des animaux
      De toutes les couleurs.
      In the land of colors, in the land of colors,
      There are blue birds,
      And a yellow lion.
      There are blue birds,
      And a yellow lion.
      In the land of colors, in the land of colors,
      There are red fish,
      And a green crocodile.
      There are red fish,
      And a green crocodile.
      In the land of colors, in the land of colors,
      There are animals
      Of all colors.
      There are animals
      Of all colors.
  2. (poker) a flush
  3. (card games) suit
  4. (heraldry) tincture, colour

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Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi, carmin              orange; brun, marron              jaune; crème
             lime              vert              menthe
             cyan, turquoise; bleu canard              azur, bleu ciel              bleu
             violet, lilas; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

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Norman

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Etymology

From Old French color, from Latin color, colōrem.

Noun

couleur f (plural couleurs)

  1. (Guernsey) color
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