"colour code" meaning in All languages combined

See colour code on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: colour codes [plural], color code [alternative], colour-code [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} colour code (plural colour codes), {{tlb|en|British spelling}} (British spelling)
  1. Any system where colours are used to categorize elements of sets. Tags: UK Translations (system where colors are used to categorize elements of sets): Farbschlüssel [masculine] (German), Farbenschlüssel [masculine] (German), Farbcode [masculine] (German), codificación colorida [feminine] (Spanish), färgkod [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-colour_code-en-noun-EVLkMCap Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with German translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 47 14 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 43 29 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 38 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 30 21 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 49 28 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 44 28 28 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 50 28 23 Disambiguation of 'system where colors are used to categorize elements of sets': 97 3
  2. An individual mapping of a colour to an element in such a set. Tags: UK Related terms: false colour, code blue, code brown, code red, code yellow
    Sense id: en-colour_code-en-noun-2WfqCJsf Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 47 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 38 24

Verb [English]

Forms: colour codes [present, singular, third-person], colour coding [participle, present], colour coded [participle, past], colour coded [past], color code [alternative], colour-code [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} colour code (third-person singular simple present colour codes, present participle colour coding, simple past and past participle colour coded)
  1. (transitive, British spelling) To mark items with a colour code as a means of sorting. Tags: UK, transitive
    Sense id: en-colour_code-en-verb-xBlahusM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 47 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 38 24

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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