"coloration" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-us-coloration.ogg Forms: colorations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fr|coloration}} French coloration, {{uder|en|la|colōrātiō}} Latin colōrātiō Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} coloration (countable and uncountable, plural colorations)
  1. The act or art of coloring. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of coloring): оцветяване (ocvetjavane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), coloration [feminine] (French), coloración [feminine] (Galician), coloratura [feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-coloration-en-noun-5iLdGYnn Disambiguation of 'act of coloring': 75 13 7 4 1
  2. The quality of being colored. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (quality of being colored): окраска (okraska) [feminine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-coloration-en-noun-5naTiKCY Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 12 37 41 3 Disambiguation of 'quality of being colored': 1 95 1 1 2
  3. (music) A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-coloration-en-noun-i3WTSafa Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 12 37 41 3 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  4. (music) Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-coloration-en-noun-OuD3Tc0H Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Italian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 17 26 53 1 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 6 27 24 41 2 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 12 37 41 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 5 10 27 56 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 9 25 61 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 6 19 30 42 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 8 12 34 44 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 22 25 43 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 14 31 46 3 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
  5. Political tendency. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-coloration-en-noun-tEceWyM5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: colorification [dated], colouration [British] Derived forms: bicoloration, colorational, miscoloration, obliterative coloration, recoloration, warning coloration Related terms: diatonic, chromatic, coloratura

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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