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Danish
Etymology
From earlier farge, from Middle Low German varwe, verwe, from *Old Saxon farwi, *farawi (“colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwō, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farawa (“color”) (German Farbe), Old High German faro (“colored”), Latin pulcher (“beautiful, sheen”), Ancient Greek περκνός (perknós, “multicolored”), Old Irish earc (“spotted”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈfɑːvə/, ,
Noun
farve c (singular definite farven, plural indefinite farver)
- color (US), colour (UK)
- color, human skin tone
- dye, colourant used for hair
Inflection
See also
Verb
farve (past tense farvede, past participle farvet)
- colour
- colour, influence, affect
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