"colored" meaning in All languages combined

See colored on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌlərd/ [US] Audio: en-us-colored.ogg [US] Forms: colored [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
enPR: ʹkŭlərd [US] Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. Having a color or kind of color.
    Sense id: simple-colored-en-adj-LgFqp5lB
  2. Having many colors; colorful.
    Sense id: simple-colored-en-adj-E7ry8sFa
  3. Having skin color other than the white, most often black.
    Sense id: simple-colored-en-adj-WejxuUTQ Categories (other): Vulgar
  4. In South Africa, a colored person is someone who is of mixed racial or ethnic origin.
    Sense id: simple-colored-en-adj-2LnmFJzI

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌlərd/ [US] Audio: en-us-colored.ogg [US] Forms: colored, [plural]
enPR: ʹkŭlərd [US] Head templates: {{noun4}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A colored person.
    Sense id: simple-colored-en-noun-W1AEAgbx Categories (other): Vulgar

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈkʌlərd/ [US] Audio: en-us-colored.ogg [US] Forms: color [canonical], colors [third-person, singular], colored [past], colored [past, participle], coloring [present, participle]
enPR: ʹkŭlərd [US] Head templates: {{verb|color}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The past tense and past participle of color.
    Sense id: simple-colored-en-verb-I2VTZBGx
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      "ipa": "/ˈkʌlərd/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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          "text": "The wall was colored red, and the floor was colored white."
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          "text": "The singer wore a colored shirt."
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      "tags": [
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      "form": "colored",
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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}

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