"colorize" meaning in All languages combined

See colorize on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: colorizes [present, singular, third-person], colorizing [participle, present], colorized [participle, past], colorized [past], colourise [alternative], colourize [alternative]
Etymology: From color + -ize. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|color|ize}} color + -ize Head templates: {{en-verb}} colorize (third-person singular simple present colorizes, present participle colorizing, simple past and past participle colorized), {{tlb|en|American spelling}} (American spelling)
  1. To add color to. Tags: US Synonyms (to add color to): color [colour, color], color in (english: colour in) Translations (to add color to): لَوَّنَ (lawwana) [masculine] (Arabic), värittää (Finnish), coloriser (French), colorier (French), koloryzować [imperfective] (Polish), färga (note: about clothes, hair etc) (Swedish), färglägga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-colorize-en-verb-9cftGHx4 Disambiguation of 'to add color to': 98 2 Disambiguation of 'to add color to': 98 2
  2. (photography, cinematography) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects). Tags: US Categories (topical): Cinematography, Photography Translations (to convert a black and white media to color): värittää (Finnish), kolorieren (German), colorizzare (Italian), koloryzować [feminine] (Polish), färglägga (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-colorize-en-verb-LMP0VVsD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ize, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 34 66 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ize: 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 37 63 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 34 66 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 28 72 Topics: arts, broadcasting, cinematography, film, hobbies, lifestyle, media, photography, television Disambiguation of 'to convert a black and white media to color': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: colorization (alt: colourisation, colourization), colorizer (alt: colouriser, colourizer), pseudocolorize

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "alt": "discolour",
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      "word": "discolor"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "word": "colorizer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    }
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      "form": "colorizing",
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      "form": "colorized",
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    },
    {
      "form": "colorized",
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    },
    {
      "form": "colourise",
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        "alternative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "colourize",
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        "alternative"
      ]
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          "text": "The woman colorized her hair.",
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          "sense": "to add color to",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "sense": "to add color to",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "to add color to",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "_dis1": "98 2",
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          "_dis": "34 66",
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          "_dis": "28 72",
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          "_dis": "30 70",
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        },
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          "ref": "1988 August 26, Jonathan Rosenbaum, “Looking for America”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "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.",
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        }
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        "(photography, cinematography) To convert black and white media to color by digital post production (as is often done in digital photography and in video special effects)."
      ],
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      ],
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        "broadcasting",
        "cinematography",
        "film",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "media",
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "word": "värittää"
        },
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
          "word": "kolorieren"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
          "word": "colorizzare"
        },
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          "_dis1": "3 97",
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          "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
          "tags": [
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        },
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          "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
          "word": "färglägga"
        }
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    }
  ],
  "word": "colorize"
}
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      "alt": "colourisation, colourization",
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      "form": "colorized",
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      "form": "colourise",
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      "sense": "to add color to",
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      "word": "color"
    },
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      "english": "colour in",
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      "word": "color in"
    }
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      "code": "ar",
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      "roman": "lawwana",
      "sense": "to add color to",
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      "word": "لَوَّنَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to add color to",
      "word": "värittää"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to add color to",
      "word": "coloriser"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to add color to",
      "word": "colorier"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to add color to",
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      ],
      "word": "koloryzować"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to add color to",
      "word": "färga"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to add color to",
      "word": "färglägga"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "word": "värittää"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
      "word": "kolorieren"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
      "word": "colorizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "koloryzować"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to convert a black and white media to color",
      "word": "färglägga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colorize"
}

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