couleur

French

noun
Definitions
  • color, colour
  • (poker) a flush
  • (cards) suit
  • (heraldry) tincture, colour

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French couleur inherited from Old French color inherited from Latin color, colōrem (color colour) inherited from Old Latin colos (covering) derived from Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- (cover, hide, conceal, cold, protect, incline, hot, warm, cut, save).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ḱel-

Gloss

cover, hide, conceal, cold, protect, incline, hot, warm, cut, save

Concept
Semantic Field

Basic actions and technology

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

冷, 寒

Emoji
🤭 📔

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