discolor

English

Alternative forms

• discolour (British)

Etymology

From Middle English discoloren, discoloren, from Old French descolorer, discolorer, equivalent to dis- +‎ color.

Verb

discolor (third-person singular simple present discolors, present participle discoloring, simple past and past participle discolored)

1. (American spelling) To change or lose color.

   Washing light laundry with dark may cause your clothes to discolor.

   A bad enough bruise can discolor the skin.

Derived terms

• discoloration
• discolorer
• discolorment

 

Translations

(intransitive) to change or lose color

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變色 / 变色 (zh) (biànsè)

• Finnish: värjäytyä (fi), värjääntyä (fi)
• German: sich verfärben (de)
• Ingrian: veerrä
• Japanese: 変色する (ja) (へんしょくする, henshoku suru)
• Russian: обесцве́чиваться (ru) impf (obescvéčivatʹsja), обесцве́титься (ru) pf (obescvétitʹsja), выцвета́ть (ru) impf (vycvetátʹ), вы́цвести (ru) pf (výcvesti)
• Spanish: decolorarse (es), descolorarse (es), descolorirse

(transitive) to change or lose color

• Finnish: värjätä (fi)
• German: verfärben (de)
• Russian: обесцве́чивать (ru) impf (obescvéčivatʹ), обесцве́тить (ru) pf (obescvétitʹ)
• Spanish: decolorar (es), descolorar (es), descolorir (es)

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.ko.lor/, [ˈd̪ɪs̠kɔɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdis.ko.lor/, [ˈd̪iskolor]

Adjective

discolor (genitive discolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. having a different colour
2. variegated

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	masc./fem.	neuter		masc./fem.	neuter
nominative	discolor			discolōrēs	discolōria
genitive	discolōris			discolōrium
dative	discolōrī			discolōribus
accusative	discolōrem	discolor		discolōrēs	discolōria
ablative	discolōrī			discolōribus
vocative	discolor			discolōrēs	discolōria

References

• “discolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “discolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• discolor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• discolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin discolorus.

Adjective

discolor m or n (feminine singular discoloră, masculine plural discolori, feminine and neuter plural discolore)

1. (dated) multicolored

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	discolor		discoloră		discolori	discolore
	definite	discolorul		discolora		discolorii	discolorele
genitive- dative	indefinite	discolor		discolore		discolori	discolore
	definite	discolorului		discolorei		discolorilor	discolorelor