Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

discoloured

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.14 in modern English

Syllables: dis-coloured
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

UK standard spelling of discolored.

verb

simple past and past participle of discolour

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English coloured English discoloured From dis- + coloured.

Inflected Forms

more discoloured (comparative) most discoloured (superlative)

Questions

What does discoloured mean?: UK standard spelling of discolored.
Where does discoloured come from?: Etymology tree Latin dis- Old French des-bor. Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- English coloured English discoloured From dis- + coloured.

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