"colourant" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: colourants [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} colourant (plural colourants)
  1. A pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue Wikipedia link: colourant Synonyms: colorant Translations (a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue): оцветител (ocvetitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 著色劑 (Chinese Mandarin), 著色剂 (Chinese Mandarin), 着色剂 (zhuósèjì) (Chinese Mandarin), väriaine (Finnish), colorant [masculine] (French), Farbstoff [masculine] (German), χρωστική (chrostikí) [feminine] (Greek), pewarna (Indonesian), 顔料 (ganryō) (alt: がんりょう) (Japanese), waitae (Maori), corante [masculine] (Portuguese), краси́тель (krasítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), färgämne [neuter] (Swedish), барвни́к (barvnýk) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-colourant-en-noun-fyfKp-Zv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes

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