discolor

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English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French descolorer, des- + colorer, equlvalent to dis- +‎ color.

Verb

discolor (third-person singular simple present discolors, present participle discoloring, simple past and past participle discolored)

  1. (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.

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

discolor (genitive discolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. having a different colour
  2. variegated

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender 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)

  1. (dated) multicolored

Declension

Declension of discolor
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
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