colorer

English

Alternative forms

• colourer

Etymology

Fromcolor+‎-er.

Noun

colorer(pluralcolorers)

1. One whocolors.

Synonyms

• colorist

Anagrams

• corrole,crooler,recolor

French

Etymology

InheritedfromOld Frenchcolorer;fromcouleur(Old Frenchcolor), influenced byLatincolorāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

colorer

1. tocolor

Conjugation

Conjugation ofcolorer(see alsoAppendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	colorer
	compound	avoir+ past participle
present participleorgerund1	simple	colorant /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant+ past participle
past participle		coloré /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colores /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colorons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɔ̃/	colorez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/	colorent /kɔ.lɔʁ/
	imperfect	colorais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/	colorais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/	colorait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/	colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/	coloraient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	colorai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/	coloras /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/	colora /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/	colorâmes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁam/	colorâtes /kɔ.lɔ.ʁat/	colorèrent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	colorerai /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	coloreras /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	colorera /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	colorerons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	colorerez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	coloreront /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	colorerais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	colorerais /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	colorerait /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	colorerions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	coloreriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	coloreraient /kɔ.lɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative ofavoir+ past participle
	past anterior2	past historic ofavoir+ past participle
	future perfect	future ofavoir+ past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional ofavoir+ past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colores /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	colorions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	coloriez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁje/	colorent /kɔ.lɔʁ/
	imperfect2	colorasse /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/	colorasses /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/	colorât /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa/	colorassions /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	colorassiez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁa.sje/	colorassent /kɔ.lɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive ofavoir+ past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	colore /kɔ.lɔʁ/	—	colorons /kɔ.lɔ.ʁɔ̃/	colorez /kɔ.lɔ.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	—	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	simple imperative ofavoir+ past participle	—
1The French gerund is usable only with the prepositionen.
2In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995],Master the Basics: French,pp.77,78,79,81).

Further reading

• “colorer”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Latin

Verb

colōrer

1. first-personsingularpresentpassivesubjunctiveofcolōrō

Old French

Etymology

Fromcolor,influenced byLatincolōrō, colōrāre.

Verb

colorer

1. tocolor

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in-er.This verb has a stressed present stemcoleurdistinct from the unstressed stemcolor.Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Conjugation ofcolorer(see alsoAppendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		colorer			avoircoloré
gerund		encolorant			gerund ofavoir+ past participle
present participle		colorant
past participle		coloré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	coleur	coleures	coleure	colorons	colorez	coleurent
	imperfect	coloroie,coloreie,coloroe,coloreve	coloroies,coloreies,coloroes,coloreves	coloroit,coloreit,colorot,coloreve	coloriiens,coloriens	coloriiez,coloriez	coloroient,coloreient,coloroent,colorevent
	preterite	colorai	coloras	colora	colorames	colorastes	colorerent
	future	colorerai	coloreras	colorera	colorerons	coloreroiz,colorereiz,colorerez	coloreront
	conditional	coloreroie,colorereie	coloreroies,colorereies	coloreroit,colorereit	coloreriiens,coloreriens	coloreriiez,coloreriez	coloreroient,colorereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense ofavoir+ past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense ofavoir+ past participle
	future perfect	future tense ofavoir+ past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense ofavoir+ past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	coleur	coleurs	coleurt	colorons	colorez	coleurent
	imperfect	colorasse	colorasses	colorast	colorissons,colorissiens	colorissoiz,colorissez,colorissiez	colorassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive ofavoir+ past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive ofavoir+ past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	coleure	—	colorons	colorez	—

Descendants

• French:colorer