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Webster 1913 Edition
Decolor
De-col′or
,Verb.
T.
To deprive of color; to bleach.
Definition 2024
decolor
decolor
English
Verb
decolor (third-person singular simple present decolors, present participle decoloring, simple past and past participle decolored)
Latin
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈdeː.ko.lor/, [ˈdeː.kɔ.ɫɔr]
Adjective
dēcolor m, f, n (genitive dēcolōris); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| 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
- Used almost exclusively as a taxonomic epithet.
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “decolor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.