Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

colourisation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.09 in modern English

Syllables: colouri-sa-tion
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

UK standard spelling of colorization.

Etymology

Etymology tree English colour English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English colourisation From colour + -isation.

Inflected Forms

colourisations (plural) colorisation (alternative) colorization (alternative) colourization (alternative)

Questions

What does colourisation mean?: UK standard spelling of colorization.
Where does colourisation come from?: Etymology tree English colour English -ise Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -isation English colourisation From colour + -isation.

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