"colorfast" meaning in All languages combined

See colorfast on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: more colorfast [comparative], most colorfast [superlative]
Etymology: From color + fast. Compare West Frisian kleurfêst (“colourfast”), Dutch kleurvast (“colourfast”). Etymology templates: {{com|en|color|fast}} color + fast, {{cog|fy|kleurfêst|t=colourfast}} West Frisian kleurfêst (“colourfast”), {{cog|nl|kleurvast|t=colourfast}} Dutch kleurvast (“colourfast”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} colorfast (comparative more colorfast, superlative most colorfast)
  1. Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading. Synonyms: colourfast [UK] Hyponyms: lightfast, sunfast Derived forms: colorfastness, noncolorfast Related terms: waterfast Translations (having colors that will not run or fade): неизбеляващ (neizbeljavašt) (Bulgarian), värinpitävä (Finnish), farbecht (German), színtartó (Hungarian)

Alternative forms

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