Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colorate

/ˈkʌləɹeɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: col-orate
IPA: /ˈkʌləɹeɪt/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To apply color to something; to make colorful.

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"had the tunicles and humours of the eye , all , or any of them , been colorate , many of the rays proceeding from the viſible object would have been stopped and ſuffocated before they could come to the bottom"

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 *-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).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: colōrātus

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

colorates (present, singular) colorating (participle, present) colorated (participle, past) colorated (past) more colorate (comparative) most colorate (superlative)

Derived Forms

concolorate decolorate

Questions

How do you pronounce colorate?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌləɹeɪt/.
What does colorate mean?: To apply color to something; to make colorful.
Where does colorate come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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