Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colorize

/ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.57 in modern English

Syllables: col-orize
IPA: /ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/

19

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To add color to.

American usage

verb

To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects).

American usage

Example Sentences

"The woman colorized her hair."
"There is a colorized version of Casablanca."
"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."

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.

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

colorizes (present, singular) colorizing (participle, present) colorized (participle, past) colorized (past) colorise (alternative, uncommon) colourise (alternative) colourize (alternative, British)

Derived Forms

colorization colorizer pseudocolorize

Synonyms

color color in colorise colourise colourize colour colour in

Antonyms

discolor

Questions

How do you pronounce colorize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈkʌ.lə.raɪz/.
What does colorize mean?: To add color to.
Where does colorize come 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 *-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.

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