decolor

English

Verb

decolor (third-person singular simple present decolors, present participle decoloring, simple past and past participle decolored)

  1. US spelling of decolour

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

dē- +‎ color (“color”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.ko.lor/, [ˈdeː.kɔ.ɫɔr]

Adjective

dēcolor (genitive dēcolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. discoloured; drab-coloured

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative dēcolor dēcolōrēs dēcolōria
Genitive dēcolōris dēcolōrium
Dative dēcolōrī dēcolōribus
Accusative dēcolōrem dēcolor dēcolōrēs dēcolōria
Ablative dēcolōrī dēcolōribus
Vocative dēcolor dēcolōrēs dēcolōria

Usage notes
  • In use as a taxonomic epithet, in which case it is inflected only in the nominative singular.

References
  • decolor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • decolor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • decolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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