"colorful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʌlɚfəl/ [General-American], /ˈkʌləfəl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Denendaden-colorful.wav Forms: more colorful [comparative], most colorful [superlative]
Etymology: From color + -ful. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|color|ful|pos=adjective}} color + -ful Head templates: {{en-adj}} colorful (comparative more colorful, superlative most colorful)
  1. Possessing prominent and varied colors. Tags: US Synonyms (possessing prominent and varied colors): motley Translations (possessing prominent and varied colors): shumëngjyrësh (Albanian), գունագեղ (gunageġ) (Armenian), livek (Breton), цветист (cvetist) (Bulgarian), колоритен (koloriten) (Bulgarian), пъ́стър (pǎ́stǎr) (Bulgarian), colorit [masculine] (Catalan), ئاڵوواڵا (alluwalla) (Central Kurdish), ڕەنگاوڕەنگ (rengawrreng) (Central Kurdish), 五顏六色 (Chinese Cantonese), 五颜六色 (ng⁵ ngaan⁴ luk⁶ sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 花哩碌 (faa¹ li¹ luk¹) (Chinese Cantonese), (Chinese Mandarin), (yàn) (Chinese Mandarin), liwus (Cornish), barevný (Czech), pestrý (Czech), farverig (Danish), kleurrijk (Dutch), bunta (Esperanto), värikäs (Finnish), coloré (French), colorido (Galician), ჭრელი (č̣reli) (Georgian), bunt (German), kunterbunt (German), farbig (German), farbenprächtig (German), farbenfroh (German), farbenreich (German), πολύχρωμος (polýchromos) (Greek), रंगीन (raṅgīn) (Hindi), színes (Hungarian), litríkur (Icelandic), koloroza (Ido), dathannach (Irish), ildaite (Irish), colorato (Italian), variopinto (Italian), vivace (Italian), カラフル (Japanese), colōrātus [masculine] (Latin), berwarna-warni (Malay), yl-ghaait (Manx), rengîn (Northern Kurdish), fargerik (Norwegian Bokmål), fargerik (Norwegian Nynorsk), رنگارنگ (rangârang) (Persian), bunt (Plautdietsch), kolorowy (Polish), wielobarwny (Polish), barwisty (Polish), wielokolorowy (Polish), różnobarwny (Polish), różnokolorowy (Polish), tęczowy (Polish), colorido (Portuguese), colorat (Romanian), multicolor (Romanian), разноцве́тный (raznocvétnyj) (Russian), цвета́стый (cvetástyj) (english: rare word) (Russian), я́ркий (járkij) (english: bright) (Russian), šaren (Serbo-Croatian), raznobojan (Serbo-Croatian), වර්ණවත් (warṇawat) (Sinhalese), lleno [masculine] (Spanish), de color (Spanish), lleno de color (Spanish), ya rangi nyingi (Swahili), färgglad (Swedish), färgrik (Swedish), రంగురంగుల (raṅguraṅgula) (Telugu), renkli (Turkish), alaca (Turkish), rengarenk (Turkish), різнокольоро́вий (riznokolʹoróvyj) (Ukrainian), барви́стий (barvýstyj) (Ukrainian), رنگین (raṅgīn) (Urdu), rực rỡ (Vietnamese), sặc sỡ (Vietnamese), kölagik (Volapük), lliwgar (Welsh), פֿילפֿאַרביק (filfarbik) (Yiddish), kelebelek [common-gender] (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-colorful-en-adj-knXj-8iQ Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 33 28 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 45 43 Disambiguation of 'possessing prominent and varied colors': 93 3 4 Disambiguation of 'possessing prominent and varied colors': 93 3 4
  2. Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive. Tags: US Categories (topical): Personality Translations (interesting, multifaceted): интересен (interesen) (Bulgarian), колоритен (koloriten) (Bulgarian), 豐富多彩 (Chinese Mandarin), 丰富多彩 (fēngfùduōcǎi) (Chinese Mandarin), farverig (Danish), värikäs (Finnish), coloré (French), farbig (German), barwisty (Polish), barwny (Polish), colorat (Romanian), колори́тный (kolorítnyj) (Russian), я́ркий (járkij) (Russian), de color (Spanish), колори́тний (kolorýtnyj) (Ukrainian), яскра́вий (jaskrávyj) (Ukrainian), đầy nghị lực (Vietnamese), đầy sinh lực (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-colorful-en-adj-Rqm-a9Tk Disambiguation of Personality: 1 58 40 Categories (other): English adjectives suffixed with -ful, Terms with Czech translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 33 28 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 45 43 Disambiguation of 'interesting, multifaceted': 2 88 10
  3. (euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language). Tags: US, euphemistic Translations ((euphemistic) profane): blomstrende (Danish), värikäs (Finnish), florido (Spanish), colorado (Spanish), báng bổ (Vietnamese)
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translations Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 33 28 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 28 47 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 24 27 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 31 22 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 28 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 16 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 16 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Breton translations: 16 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 27 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 19 24 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 15 15 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Cornish translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 12 45 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 16 22 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 19 25 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 18 23 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 26 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 16 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 25 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 18 27 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Hindi translations: 17 30 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 27 57 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 20 30 50 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 18 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 18 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 21 29 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 17 17 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 18 29 53 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 17 19 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 16 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 10 13 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 36 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 16 26 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 16 25 59 Disambiguation of Terms with Sinhalese translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 21 61 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 18 23 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 17 27 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 18 28 54 Disambiguation of Terms with Urdu translations: 19 24 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 16 25 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Volapük translations: 19 24 58 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 25 56 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 18 30 52 Disambiguation of Terms with Zazaki translations: 18 23 58 Disambiguation of '(euphemistic) profane': 2 3 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multicolored, polychromatic, colourful [Commonwealth, English] Derived forms: colorfully, colorfulness, colourful bluetail, noncolorful, uncolorful
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          "word": "shumëngjyrësh"
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "գունագեղ"
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "livek"
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "цветист"
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          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "koloriten",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "колоритен"
        },
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "pǎ́stǎr",
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          "word": "пъ́стър"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "colorit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "五顏六色"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "ng⁵ ngaan⁴ luk⁶ sik¹",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "五颜六色"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "faa¹ li¹ luk¹",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "花哩碌"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "豔"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yàn",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "艳"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "kw",
          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "liwus"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "barevný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "pestrý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "farverig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "kleurrijk"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "bunta"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "värikäs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "coloré"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorido"
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        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "č̣reli",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ჭრელი"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "bunt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "kunterbunt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "farbig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "farbenprächtig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "farbenfroh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "farbenreich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "polýchromos",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "πολύχρωμος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "raṅgīn",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "रंगीन"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "színes"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "litríkur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "koloroza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "dathannach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ildaite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "variopinto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "vivace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "カラフル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "alluwalla",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ئاڵوواڵا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "rengawrreng",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ڕەنگاوڕەنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "rengîn"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "colōrātus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "berwarna-warni"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "yl-ghaait"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "fargerik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "fargerik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "rangârang",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "رنگارنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "bunt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "kolorowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "wielobarwny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "barwisty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "wielokolorowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "różnobarwny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "różnokolorowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "tęczowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "multicolor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raznocvétnyj",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "разноцве́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "rare word",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cvetástyj",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "цвета́стый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 3 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "bright",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "járkij",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "я́ркий"
        },
        {
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "colorfully"
    },
    {
      "word": "colorfulness"
    },
    {
      "word": "colourful bluetail"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncolorful"
    },
    {
      "word": "uncolorful"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "color",
        "3": "ful",
        "pos": "adjective"
      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From color + -ful.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more colorful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most colorful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens:",
          "text": "It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.",
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        }
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        "Possessing prominent and varied colors."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Possessing",
          "possess"
        ],
        [
          "prominent",
          "prominent"
        ],
        [
          "varied",
          "varied"
        ],
        [
          "colors",
          "colour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1895, H. Walter Staner, Henry Sturmey, The Autocar:",
          "text": "One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Interesting",
          "interesting"
        ],
        [
          "multifaceted",
          "multifaceted"
        ],
        [
          "energetic",
          "energetic"
        ],
        [
          "distinctive",
          "distinctive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English euphemisms"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2002, news.bbc.co.uk\nHussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Profane",
          "profane"
        ],
        [
          "obscene",
          "obscene"
        ],
        [
          "offensive",
          "offensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "euphemistic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌlɚfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌləfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "motley"
    },
    {
      "word": "multicolored"
    },
    {
      "word": "polychromatic"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "colourful"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "shumëngjyrësh"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "gunageġ",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "գունագեղ"
    },
    {
      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "livek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "cvetist",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "цветист"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "koloriten",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "колоритен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pǎ́stǎr",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "пъ́стър"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colorit"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "五顏六色"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "ng⁵ ngaan⁴ luk⁶ sik¹",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "五颜六色"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "faa¹ li¹ luk¹",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "花哩碌"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "豔"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yàn",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "艳"
    },
    {
      "code": "kw",
      "lang": "Cornish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "liwus"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "barevný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "pestrý"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "farverig"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "kleurrijk"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "bunta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "värikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "coloré"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "colorido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "č̣reli",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "ჭრელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "bunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "kunterbunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "farbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "farbenprächtig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "farbenfroh"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "farbenreich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "polýchromos",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "πολύχρωμος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "raṅgīn",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "रंगीन"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "színes"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "litríkur"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "koloroza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "dathannach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "ildaite"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "colorato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "variopinto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "vivace"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "カラフル"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "alluwalla",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "ئاڵوواڵا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ckb",
      "lang": "Central Kurdish",
      "roman": "rengawrreng",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "ڕەنگاوڕەنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "rengîn"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "colōrātus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "berwarna-warni"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "yl-ghaait"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "fargerik"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "fargerik"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "rangârang",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "رنگارنگ"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "bunt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "kolorowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "wielobarwny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "barwisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "wielokolorowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "różnobarwny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "różnokolorowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "tęczowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "colorido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "colorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "multicolor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raznocvétnyj",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "разноцве́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "rare word",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "cvetástyj",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "цвета́стый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "bright",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "járkij",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "я́ркий"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "šaren"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "raznobojan"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "warṇawat",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "වර්ණවත්"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lleno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "de color"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "lleno de color"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "ya rangi nyingi"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "färgglad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "färgrik"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "raṅguraṅgula",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "రంగురంగుల"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "renkli"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "alaca"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "rengarenk"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "riznokolʹoróvyj",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "різнокольоро́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "barvýstyj",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "барви́стий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "raṅgīn",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "رنگین"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "rực rỡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "sặc sỡ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "kölagik"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "lliwgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "filfarbik",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "word": "פֿילפֿאַרביק"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kelebelek"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "interesen",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "интересен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "koloriten",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "колоритен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "豐富多彩"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēngfùduōcǎi",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "丰富多彩"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "farverig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "värikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "coloré"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "farbig"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "barwisty"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "barwny"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "colorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolorítnyj",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "колори́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "járkij",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "я́ркий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "de color"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kolorýtnyj",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "колори́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "jaskrávyj",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "яскра́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "đầy nghị lực"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
      "word": "đầy sinh lực"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
      "word": "blomstrende"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
      "word": "värikäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
      "word": "florido"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
      "word": "colorado"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
      "word": "báng bổ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colorful"
}

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