coloration
English
Alternative forms
- colouration (British)
Etymology
From French coloration, from Latin colōrātiō.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
coloration (countable and uncountable, plural colorations)
- The act or art of coloring.
- The quality of being colored.
- (music) A notational devise for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation); or
- (music) Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid "black notes".
Translations
act of coloring
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quality of being colored
notational devise
ornamental division
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French
Pronunciation
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Noun
coloration f (plural colorations)
- color; coloring; coloration
- 1827, Elisabeth Celnart, Art de la toilette
- On voit que je ne suis point au nombre des partisans de la coloration des cheveux.
- You can see that I'm not one of those people who's partial to a coloring of the hair
- On voit que je ne suis point au nombre des partisans de la coloration des cheveux.
- 1827, Elisabeth Celnart, Art de la toilette
Further reading
- “coloration” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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