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Hungarian
Etymology
szín (“color”) + -es (“with, having”, adjective-forming suffix)
Pronunciation
Adjective
színes (comparative színesebb, superlative legszínesebb)
- colorful, colored (having a color other than white, black or gray)
- színes ceruza ― colored pencil
- color (conveying the natural color of something, as opposed to shades of gray)
- Synonym: többszínű
- színes televízió ― color television
- (of skin color other than white) black, colored
- Synonym: színesbőrű
- colorful (possessing prominent and varied colors)
- Synonyms: sokszínű, tarka
- colorful (interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive)
- Synonyms: sokoldalú, érdekes
- (figuratively, archaic) pretentious, hypocritical
- Synonyms: színlelő, képmutató
- (figuratively, literary, of speech) buttery, honeyed, obsequious (marked by insincere flattery)
- Synonyms: hízelgő, mézesmázos
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- színes in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN