"colourless" meaning in English

See colourless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈkʌlə(ɹ).ləs/ [UK] Audio: en-us-colourless.ogg Forms: more colourless [comparative], most colourless [superlative]
Etymology: From colour + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|colour|less}} colour + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} colourless (comparative more colourless, superlative most colourless)
  1. Having little or no colour. Tags: UK Synonyms (having little or no colour): achromatic Translations (having no colour): անգույն (anguyn) (Armenian), incoloru (Asturian), безцве́тен (bezcvéten) [masculine] (Bulgarian), incolor (Catalan), بێڕەنگ (bêrreng) (Central Kurdish), 無色 (Chinese Cantonese), 无色 (mou⁴ sik¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 無色 (Chinese Mandarin), 无色 (wúsè) (Chinese Mandarin), bezbarvý (Czech), kleurloos (Dutch), senkolora (Esperanto), väritön (Finnish), sans couleur (French), incolore (French), incoloro (Galician), farblos (German), άχρωμος (áchromos) (Greek), színtelen (Hungarian), litlaus (Icelandic), senkolora (Ido), incolore (Italian), 無色の (mushoku no) (alt: むしょくの) (Japanese), 무색의 (musaegui) (Korean), neughaaoil (Manx), kanokore (Maori), रंगहीन (raṅghīn) (Marathi), bêreng (Northern Kurdish), fargeløs (Norwegian Bokmål), fargelaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), بیرنگ (bi-rang) (Persian), bezbarwny [masculine] (Polish), incolor (Portuguese), incolor [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), fără culoare (Romanian), бесцве́тный (bescvétnyj) (Russian), bezfarebný (Slovak), incoloro (Spanish), färglös (Swedish), రంగులేని (raṅgulēni) (Telugu), renksiz (Turkish), безба́рвний (bezbárvnyj) (Ukrainian), безко́лірний (bezkólirnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-colourless-en-adj-zegUTVWc Disambiguation of 'having little or no colour': 97 1 1 1 Disambiguation of 'having no colour': 88 4 4 4
  2. (of a liquid) Water white. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-colourless-en-adj-iLcFXuyJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Asturian translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Central Kurdish translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Marathi translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Telugu translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 89 2 4 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 16 69 8 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 84 6 5 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 89 3 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 94 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 6 62 15 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Asturian translations: 7 67 14 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 8 66 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 8 77 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 7 68 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Central Kurdish translations: 2 94 2 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 7 49 26 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 8 77 8 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 5 85 5 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 7 67 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 77 8 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 7 67 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 76 8 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 17 62 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 13 54 12 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 7 67 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 4 88 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 5 84 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 5 84 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 7 67 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 11 61 18 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 7 67 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 7 67 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Marathi translations: 7 72 8 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 2 93 3 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 7 64 15 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 2 89 4 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 6 64 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 8 63 17 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 6 65 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 7 67 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 5 84 6 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 6 64 13 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 86 5 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 6 68 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Telugu translations: 5 69 16 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 6 68 13 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 7 67 13 12
  3. Lacking in interest or variety. Tags: UK Synonyms (lacking in interest): drab
    Sense id: en-colourless-en-adj-TQ3ybidH Disambiguation of 'lacking in interest': 2 2 88 8
  4. (politics) Neutral in opinion or allegiance; centrist Tags: UK Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-colourless-en-adj-pEX8Zn-2 Topics: government, politics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: waterlike, transparent, dull, boring, colorless [US] Synonyms (of a liquid): clear Derived forms: colourlessly, colourlessness
Disambiguation of 'of a liquid': 0 0 0 0

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "having no colour",
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      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "väritön"
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      "sense": "having no colour",
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      "sense": "having no colour",
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      "sense": "having no colour",
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      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "farblos"
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      "word": "άχρωμος"
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      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "színtelen"
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "litlaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "senkolora"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "incolore"
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      "alt": "むしょくの",
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      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "無色の"
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      "lang": "Korean",
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      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "무색의"
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      "roman": "bêrreng",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "بێڕەنگ"
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      "sense": "having no colour",
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      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "neughaaoil"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "kanokore"
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      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "raṅghīn",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "रंगहीन"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "fargeløs"
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "fargelaus"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bi-rang",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "بیرنگ"
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      "sense": "having no colour",
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      "word": "bezbarwny"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "incolor"
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      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "having no colour",
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      "word": "incolor"
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      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "fără culoare"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bescvétnyj",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "бесцве́тный"
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      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "bezfarebný"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "incoloro"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "färglös"
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      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "raṅgulēni",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "రంగులేని"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "renksiz"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezbárvnyj",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "безба́рвний"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bezkólirnyj",
      "sense": "having no colour",
      "word": "безко́лірний"
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}

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