Wiktionary

kleur

AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /klɪør/
  • Audio(file)

Etymology 1Edit

From Dutch kleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from French couleur, from Latin color.

NounEdit

kleur (plural kleure, diminutive kleurtjie)

  1. color; colour
  2. (card games) a suit of cards.
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

From Dutch kleuren.

VerbEdit

kleur (present kleur, present participle kleurende, past participle gekleur)

  1. to color, to colour
  2. to dye
  3. to stain
    Synonym: vlek
  4. to tint, to tinge
    Synonym: tint
  5. (photography, cinematography) to colorize, to colourise
Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Colors in Afrikaans · kleure (layout · text)
     wit      grys      swart
             rooi; karmosyn              oranje; bruin              geel; room
             lemmetjie              groen              mentgroen
             siaan; teel              asuur, hemelsblou              blou
             violet; indigo              magenta; pers              pienk

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /kløːr/, (chiefly Northern Dutch) [klʏːr], (Southern Dutch) [kløːr]
  • audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: kleur
  • Rhymes: -øːr

Etymology 1Edit

From earlier koleur, coleur, from late Middle Dutch coleur, from Middle French couleur, from Latin color.

NounEdit

kleur f (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurtje n)

  1. A color, colour.
  2. A party obedience, as in politics.
  3. A suit (of cards).
Alternative formsEdit
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
  • Afrikaans: kleur
  • Negerhollands: koleur
  • → Sranan Tongo: kloru
    • → Caribbean Javanese: klir
See alsoEdit
Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze

Etymology 2Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

VerbEdit

kleur

  1. first-person singular present indicative of kleuren
  2. imperative of kleuren

West FrisianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Dutch kleur, from French couleur, from Latin color.

NounEdit

kleur c (plural kleuren, diminutive kleurke)

  1. A colo(u)r.
  2. A suit (of cards).

Further readingEdit

  • “kleur”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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