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farve.

color (US), colour (UK)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Dansk language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfɑːvə/[ˈfɑ̈ːʋə][ˈfɑ̈ːʊ]

  1. color (US), colour (UK)

    common-gender

  2. color, human skin tone

    common-gender

  3. dye, colourant used for hair

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

From earlier farge, from Middle Low German varwe, verwe, from *Old Saxon farwi, *farawi (“colour”), from Proto-Germanic *farwō, from Proto-Indo-European *per-, *perḱ- (“motley, coloured”). Cognate with Old High German farawa (“color”) (German Farbe), Old High German faro (“colored”), Latin pulcher (“beautiful, sheen”), Ancient Greek περκνός (perknós, “multicolored”), Old Irish earc (“spotted”).

verb/ˈfɑːvə/[ˈfɑ̈ːʋə][ˈfɑ̈ːʊ]

  1. colour

  2. colour, influence, affect

Where this word comes from

From Middle Low German varwen, verwen.

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