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colorate.

To apply color to something; to make colorful.

8 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈkʌləɹeɪt/
  1. To apply color to something; to make colorful.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Indo-European *ḱélōs Proto-Italic *kelōs Old Latin colōs Latin color Old French color Anglo-Norman colurbor. Middle English colour English color Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Italic *-ātos Latin -ātuslbor. English -ate English colorate From color + -ate (verb-forming suffix).

adj/ˈkʌləɹət/
  1. Colored.

    obsolete
Where this word comes from

From Latin colōrātus, past participle of colōrō (“to color”). Equivalent to color + -ate (adjective-froming suffix)

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