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colourful
(ˈkʌləfʊl) orcolorful
adj
1. having intense colour or richly varied colours
2. vivid, rich, or distinctive in character
ˈcolourfully, ˈcolorfully adv
ˈcolourfulness, ˈcolorfulness n
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| Adj. | 1. | colourful - striking in variety and interest; "a colorful period of history"; "a colorful character"; "colorful language" colorless, colourless - lacking in variety and interest; "a colorless and unimaginative person"; "a colorless description of the parade" |
| 2. | colourful - having striking color; "colorful autumn leaves" chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue |
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colourful
adjective
1. bright, rich, brilliant, intense, vivid, vibrant, psychedelic, motley, variegated, jazzy (informal), multicoloured, Day-glo (trademark), kaleidoscopic Everyone was dressed in colourful clothes.
bright dark, faded, pale, dull, dreary, drab, washed out, colourless
bright dark, faded, pale, dull, dreary, drab, washed out, colourless
2. interesting, rich, unusual, stimulating, graphic, lively, distinctive, vivid, picturesque, characterful an irreverent and colourful tale of Restoration England
interesting flat, boring, dull, lifeless, monotonous, uninteresting, unexciting, characterless, unvaried
interesting flat, boring, dull, lifeless, monotonous, uninteresting, unexciting, characterless, unvaried
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Translations
لَوْنِيّمُلَوَّن، كَثيرُ الألْواننابِض بالحَيَوِيَّه، مُمْتِع
barvitýpestrý
farverigkulørt
värikäs
šaren
színesszínpompás
litríkurlitríkur og lifandi
色彩に富んだ
색채가 다양한
färgrik
เต็มไปด้วยสีสัน
sặc sỡ
colourful
colorful (US) [ˈkʌləfəl] ADJ1. (= bright) [display, image] → lleno de color, lleno de colorido; [procession] → lleno de colorido; [clothes, design, pattern] → de colores vivos
a bunch of colourful flowers → un ramo de flores de vistosos colores
a bunch of colourful flowers → un ramo de flores de vistosos colores
2. (= picturesque) [figure, character, story, history] → pintoresco; [description, account, style] → colorista; [scene] → vivo, animado
her colourful past (euph) → su movidito pasado
her colourful past (euph) → su movidito pasado
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
colourful
[ˈkʌlərfʊl] (British) colorful (US) adj [story, history, account] → haut(e) en couleurs
[character, personality, figure] → pittoresque, haut(e) en couleurs
[past, career, background] → mouvementé(e)
(= bad) [language] → coloré(e)
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
colourful
, (US) colorfuladj
(lit) → bunt; spectacle → farbenfroh or -prächtig
(fig) style of writing, account etc → farbig, anschaulich; life, historical period → (bunt) bewegt; personality → (bunt) schillernd; his colourful past → seine bunte or bewegte Vergangenheit
(euph: = vulgar) language → derb
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colourful
colorful (Am) [ˈkʌləfʊl] adj (dress) → dai colori vivaci; (picture) → ricco/a di colore; (personality) → originale, vivace; (story) → avvincenteCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
colour
(American) color (ˈkalə) noun1. a quality which objects have, and which can be seen, only when light falls on them. What colour is her dress?; Red, blue and yellow are colours.
2. paint(s). That artist uses water-colours.
3. (a) skin-colour varying with race. people of all colours.
4. vividness; interest. There's plenty of colour in his stories.
adjective (of photographs etc) in colour, not black and white. colour film; colour television.
verb to put colour on; to paint. They coloured the walls yellow.
ˈcoloured adjective1. having colour. She prefers white baths to coloured baths.
2. belonging to a dark-skinned race. There are only two white families living in this street – the rest are coloured.
noun (sometimes used impolitely) a dark-skinned person especially of Negro origin.
ˈcolourful adjective1. full of colour. a colourful pattern.
2. vivid and interesting. a colourful account of his experiences.
ˈcolouring noun1. something used to give colour. She put pink colouring in the icing.
2. complexion. She had very high colouring (= a very pink complexion).
ˈcolourless adjective1. without colour. Water is colourless.
2. not lively or interesting. a colourless young woman.
ˈcolours noun plural1. the distinction of winning a place in the team in some sports. He won his cricket colours last season.
2. a flag. Army regiments salute the colours when on parade.
3. a tunic of certain colours worn by a jockey to show that his race-horse belongs to a certain person.
ˈcolour-blind adjective unable to tell the difference between certain colours. As he was colour-blind he could not distinguish between red and green.
ˈcolour scheme noun an arrangement or choice of colours in decorating a house etc.
ˌoff-ˈcolour adjective not feeling well. He was a bit off-colour the morning after the party.
colour in to put colour into (drawings etc). He coloured in all the oblong shapes on the page.
show oneself in one's true colours to show or express one's real character, opinion etc. He pretends to be very generous but he showed himself in his true colours when he refused to give money to charity.
with flying colours with great success. He passed his exam with flying colours.
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colourful
→ لَوْنِيّ barvitý farverig bunt πολύχρωμος lleno de colorido värikäs coloré šaren colorato 色彩に富んだ 색채가 다양한 kleurrijk fargerik barwny colorido красочный färgrik เต็มไปด้วยสีสัน renkli sặc sỡ 色彩鲜明的Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009