colorful

English

Alternative forms

• colourful(Commonwealth English)

Etymology

Fromcolor+‎-ful.

Pronunciation

• (General American)IPA^(key):/ˈkʌlɚfəl/
• (Received Pronunciation)IPA^(key):/ˈkʌləfəl/

• Audio(US):

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Adjective

colorful(comparativemorecolorful,superlativemostcolorful)(American spelling)

1. Possessingprominentandvariedcolors.
   • 1895,The Annual of the British School at Athens:

     It was acolourfulvase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the mainfrieze.These bands also carry ametopepattern in white of triple lines andblobs,which can just be distinguished on the photographs.

2. Interesting,multifaceted,energetic,distinctive.
   • 1895,H. Walter Staner, Henry Sturmey,The Autocar:

     One of the mostcolourfulpeople in motor racing, he writes in acolourfulmanner.

3. (euphemistic)Profane,obscene,offensive(usually in the phrasecolourful language).
   • 2002,news.bbc.co.uk

     Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering somecolourfullanguage.

Synonyms

• (possessing prominent and varied colors):motley,multicolored,polychromatic;see alsoThesaurus:multicolored

Derived terms

• colorfully
• colorfulness
• colourful bluetail
• noncolorful
• uncolorful

Translations

possessing prominent and varied colors

• Albanian:shumëngjyrësh(sq)
• Armenian:գունագեղ(hy)(gunageġ)
• Breton:livek(br)
• Bulgarian:цветист(bg)(cvetist),колоритен(bg)(koloriten),пъ́стър(bg)(pǎ́stǎr)
• Catalan:coloritm
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Đủ mọi màu sắc／Đủ mọi màu sắc(ng⁵ngaan⁴luk⁶sik¹),Hoa lý lục(faa¹li¹luk¹)

  Mandarin:Diễm／Diễm(zh)(yàn)

• Cornish:liwus
• Czech:barevný(cs),pestrý(cs)
• Danish:farverig
• Dutch:kleurrijk(nl)
• Esperanto:bunta(eo)
• Finnish:värikäs(fi)
• French:coloré(fr)
• Galician:colorido
• Georgian:ჭრელი(ka)(č̣reli)
• German:bunt(de),kunterbunt(de),farbig(de),farbenprächtig,farbenfroh(de),farbenreich
• Greek:πολύχρωμος(el)(polýchromos)
• Hawaiian:please add this translation if you can
• Hindi:रंगीन(hi)(raṅgīn)
• Hungarian:színes(hu)
• Icelandic:litríkur(is)
• Ido:koloroza(io)
• Irish:dathannach,ildaite
• Italian:colorato(it),variopinto(it),vivace(it)
• Japanese:カラフル(ja)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:ئاڵوواڵا(alluwalla),ڕەنگاوڕەنگ(rengawrreng)

  Northern Kurdish:rengîn(ku)

• Latin:colōrātusm
• Malay:berwarna-warni
• Maori:please add this translation if you can
• Manx:yl-ghaait
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:fargerik(no)

  Nynorsk:fargerik

• Persian:رنگارنگ(phát)(rangârang)
• Plautdietsch:bunt
• Polish:kolorowy(pl),wielobarwny(pl),barwisty,wielokolorowy(pl),różnobarwny(pl),różnokolorowy(pl),tęczowy(pl)
• Portuguese:colorido(pt)
• Romanian:colorat(ro),multicolor(ro)
• Russian:разноцве́тный(ru)(raznocvétnyj),цвета́стый(ru)(cvetástyj)(rare word),я́ркий(ru)(járkij)(bright)
• Serbo-Croatian:šaren(sh),raznobojan(sh)
• Sinhalese:වර්ණවත්(si)(warṇawat)
• Spanish:lleno(es)m,de color,llenodecolor
• Swahili:ya rangi nyingi
• Swedish:färgglad(sv),färgrik(sv)
• Tagalog:please add this translation if you can
• Telugu:రంగురంగుల(raṅguraṅgula)
• Turkish:renkli(tr),alaca(tr),rengarenk(tr)
• Ukrainian:різнокольоро́вий(riznokolʹoróvyj),барви́стий(uk)(barvýstyj)
• Urdu:رنگین(raṅgīn)
• Vietnamese:rực rỡ(vi),sặc sỡ(vi)
• Volapük:kölagik(vo)
• Welsh:lliwgar(cy)
• Yiddish:פֿילפֿאַרביק(filfarbik)
• Zazaki:kelebelekc

interesting, multifaceted

• Bulgarian:интересен(bg)(interesen),колоритен(bg)(koloriten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Muôn màu muôn vẻ／Muôn màu muôn vẻ(zh)(fēngfùduōcǎi)

• Danish:farverig
• Finnish:värikäs(fi)
• French:coloré(fr)
• German:farbig(de)
• Polish:barwisty,barwny(pl)
• Romanian:colorat(ro)
• Russian:колори́тный(ru)(kolorítnyj),я́ркий(ru)(járkij)
• Spanish:de color
• Ukrainian:колори́тний(uk)(kolorýtnyj),яскра́вий(uk)(jaskrávyj)
• Vietnamese:đầy nghị lực,đầy sinh lực

(euphemistic) profane

• Danish:blomstrende
• Finnish:värikäs(fi)
• Spanish:florido(es),colorado(es)
• Vietnamese:báng bổ(vi)

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• Hindi:^{(pleaseverify)}रंगीन(hi)(raṅgīn)