"coloured" meaning in English

See coloured in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more coloured [comparative], most coloured [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} coloured (comparative more coloured, superlative most coloured)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of colored Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: colored Derived forms: nun-coloured, rainbow-coloured
    Sense id: en-coloured-en-adj-0BfGBWRU

Noun

Forms: coloureds [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} coloured (plural coloureds)
  1. (British spelling) Alternative form of colored Tags: UK, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: colored
    Sense id: en-coloured-en-noun-0BfGBWRU

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} coloured
  1. (British spelling) simple past and past participle of colour Tags: UK, form-of, participle, past Form of: colour
    Sense id: en-coloured-en-verb-eREYI2vq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Multiracial Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 83 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 3 88 Disambiguation of Multiracial: 28 24 48

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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