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colorize en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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 *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English colorize From color + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (US) To add color to.
    • The woman colorized her hair.
  2. (US) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).
    • What we see are beautiful overlapping NASA satellite photographs of the American mainland, […]taken in black and white and then luminously colorized by computer for scientific reasons. 1988 August 26, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Looking for America”, in Chicago Reader:
    • There is a colorized version of Casablanca.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
colourize British, Canada, English, Oxford, alternative lexicographic
colourise alternative lexicographic
colorized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
colorized Tense=Past lexicographic
colorise alternative, uncommon lexicographic
colorizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
colorizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

discolor (antonym(s) of “to change or lose color”)

Deriveds

colorization · pseudocolorize · colorizer

Synonyms

color in (to add color to) · color (to add color to)

Translations (12)

it colorizzare (to convert a black and white media to color) · sv färglägga (to convert a black and white media to color) · de kolorieren (to convert a black and white media to color) · sv färglägga (to add color to) · fr coloriser (to add color to) · fr colorier (to add color to) · ar لَوَّنَ (to add color to) · pl koloryzować (to add color to) · pl koloryzować (to convert a black and white media to color) · fi värittää (to convert a black and white media to color) · sv färga (to add color to) · fi värittää (to add color to)