"colorful" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʌlɚfəl/ [General-American], /ˈkʌləfəl/ [Received-Pronunciation] Forms: more colorful [comparative], most colorful [superlative]
Etymology: 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), 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), yl-ghaait (Manx), rengîn (Northern Kurdish), fargerik (Norwegian Bokmål), fargerik (Norwegian Nynorsk), رنگارنگ (rangârang) (Persian), bunt (Plautdietsch), kolorowy (Polish), wielobarwny (Polish), barwisty (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 Disambiguation of 'possessing prominent and varied colors': 94 3 3 Disambiguation of 'possessing prominent and varied colors': 94 3 3
  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 Disambiguation of 'interesting, multifaceted': 3 87 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)
    Sense id: en-colorful-en-adj-Keve8sB3 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English adjectives suffixed with -ful, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English adjectives suffixed with -ful: 30 30 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 9 61 Disambiguation of '(euphemistic) profane': 3 3 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multicolored, polychromatic, colourful [Commonwealth, English] Derived forms: colourful bluetail (english: colorful bluetail)

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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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          "word": "shumëngjyrësh"
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          "word": "колоритен"
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          "word": "豔"
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "艳"
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          "lang": "Cornish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "liwus"
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "coloré"
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorido"
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          "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"
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          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "kunterbunt"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "farbig"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "farbenreich"
        },
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "polýchromos",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "πολύχρωμος"
        },
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          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "raṅgīn",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "रंगीन"
        },
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          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
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          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "koloroza"
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "dathannach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ildaite"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "variopinto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "vivace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "カラフル"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "alluwalla",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ئاڵوواڵا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ckb",
          "lang": "Central Kurdish",
          "roman": "rengawrreng",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ڕەنگاوڕەنگ"
        },
        {
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "rengîn"
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "colōrātus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "yl-ghaait"
        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "fargerik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "fargerik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "rangârang",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "رنگارنگ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "bunt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "kolorowy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "wielobarwny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "barwisty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "colorat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "multicolor"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "raznocvétnyj",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "разноцве́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "rare word",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "cvetástyj",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "цвета́стый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "english": "bright",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "járkij",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "я́ркий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "šaren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "raznobojan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "warṇawat",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "වර්ණවත්"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lleno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "de color"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "lleno de color"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "ya rangi nyingi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "färgglad"
        },
        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "färgrik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "raṅguraṅgula",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "రంగురంగుల"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "renkli"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "alaca"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "rengarenk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "riznokolʹoróvyj",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "різнокольоро́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "barvýstyj",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "барви́стий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "raṅgīn",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "رنگین"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "rực rỡ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "sặc sỡ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "kölagik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "lliwgar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "filfarbik",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "word": "פֿילפֿאַרביק"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 3 3",
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "possessing prominent and varied colors",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "kelebelek"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "1 58 40",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Personality",
          "orig": "en:Personality",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive."
      ],
      "id": "en-colorful-en-adj-Rqm-a9Tk",
      "links": [
        [
          "Interesting",
          "interesting"
        ],
        [
          "multifaceted",
          "multifaceted"
        ],
        [
          "energetic",
          "energetic"
        ],
        [
          "distinctive",
          "distinctive"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "interesen",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "интересен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "koloriten",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "колоритен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "豐富多彩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēngfùduōcǎi",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "丰富多彩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "farverig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "värikäs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "coloré"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "farbig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "barwisty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "barwny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "colorat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kolorítnyj",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "колори́тный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "járkij",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "я́ркий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "de color"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kolorýtnyj",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "колори́тний"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jaskrávyj",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "яскра́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "đầy nghị lực"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 87 10",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "interesting, multifaceted",
          "word": "đầy sinh lực"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "English euphemisms",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "_dis": "30 30 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "_dis": "30 9 61",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        }
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        {
          "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)."
      ],
      "id": "en-colorful-en-adj-Keve8sB3",
      "links": [
        [
          "Profane",
          "profane"
        ],
        [
          "obscene",
          "obscene"
        ],
        [
          "offensive",
          "offensive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "euphemistic"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 93",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
          "word": "blomstrende"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 93",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
          "word": "värikäs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 93",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
          "word": "florido"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 93",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
          "word": "colorado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 3 93",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "(euphemistic) profane",
          "word": "báng bổ"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌlɚfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌləfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "multicolored"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "word": "polychromatic"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Commonwealth",
        "English"
      ],
      "word": "colourful"
    }
  ],
  "word": "colorful"
}
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    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English adjectives suffixed with -ful",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Requests for review of Hindi translations",
    "en:Personality"
  ],
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    {
      "english": "colorful bluetail",
      "word": "colourful bluetail"
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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        "2": "color",
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      },
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      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "color + -ful",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more colorful",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most colorful",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {},
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    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Possessing prominent and varied colors."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Possessing",
          "possess"
        ],
        [
          "prominent",
          "prominent"
        ],
        [
          "varied",
          "varied"
        ],
        [
          "colors",
          "colour"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "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": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive."
      ],
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        [
          "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",
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(euphemistic) Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌlɚfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkʌləfəl/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "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": "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": "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": "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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