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recolor en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- 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 English recolor From re- + color.

Meanings

  1. The process of changing the color or something.
  2. An object that has had its color changed.
    • She elaborates further: "It has given me great satisfaction and fulfillment that people like my recolors. These feelings make my days less lonely and boring, even if it is only from a recolor of an object in a computer simulation game. […] 2010, J. Gee, Elisabeth R. Hayes, Women and Gaming: The Sims and 21st Century Learning, page 88:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
recolour alternative lexicographic
recolors Number=Plur lexicographic

recolor en · VERB

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- 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 English recolor From re- + color.

Meanings

  1. To color again or differently.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
recolored Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
recolored Tense=Past lexicographic
recolour alternative lexicographic
recoloring Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
recolors Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

recolorable