colourant

English

Alternative forms

• colorant

Etymology

colour +‎ ant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʌlər(ə)nt/

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Noun

colourant (plural colourants)

1. A pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue.

Derived terms

• biocolourant

Translations

a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue

• Bulgarian: оцветител m (ocvetitel)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 著色劑 / 著色剂, 着色剂 (zhuósèjì)

• Finnish: väriaine (fi)
• French: colorant (fr) m
• German: Farbstoff (de) m
• Greek: χρωστική (el) f (chrostikí)
• Indonesian: pewarna (id)
• Japanese: 顔料 (ja) (がんりょう, ganryō)
• Maori: waitae
• Portuguese: corante (pt) m
• Russian: краси́тель (ru) m (krasítelʹ)
• Spanish: colorante (es)
• Swedish: färgämne (sv) n
• Ukrainian: барвни́к (uk) m (barvnýk)