"undercolour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: undercolours [plural]
Etymology: under- + colour Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|colour}} under- + colour Head templates: {{en-noun}} undercolour (plural undercolours)
  1. A colour used as a base and then coloured over, as in watercolour painting. Translations (colour used as a base): pohjaväri (Finnish), alusväri (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-undercolour-en-noun-kz5KeGql Disambiguation of 'colour used as a base': 89 11
  2. The colour of the underparts of a bird, rabbit, etc.
    Sense id: en-undercolour-en-noun-grkcRLv3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: undercolor

Verb [English]

Forms: undercolours [present, singular, third-person], undercolouring [participle, present], undercoloured [participle, past], undercoloured [past]
Etymology: under- + colour Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|colour}} under- + colour Head templates: {{en-verb}} undercolour (third-person singular simple present undercolours, present participle undercolouring, simple past and past participle undercoloured)
  1. (transitive) To colour insufficiently. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-undercolour-en-verb-xHu-P544 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 27 56 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 34 14 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: undercolor

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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