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colourant

/ˈkʌlər(ə)nt/

colourant noun: a pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.

Noun

colourant (plural colourants)

  1. A pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.

colourant meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

colourant in Bengali

রঞ্জক

colourant in Indonesian

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

Forms of colourant

pluralcolourants
alternative formcolorant

Origin of colourant

From colour + -ant.

Words formed from colourant

Questions about colourant

What does colourant mean?
Colourant means a pigment, dye or other colour-altering product added to something.
What is colourant in Bengali?
Colourant in Bengali is রঞ্জক. See Colourant meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is colourant?
Colourant is a noun.
How do you pronounce colourant?
Colourant is pronounced /ˈkʌlər(ə)nt/.
What is the plural of colourant?
The plural of colourant is colourants.

Words near colourant in the dictionary

  1. colour-struck
  2. colourability
  3. colourable
  4. colourableness
  5. colourably
  6. colourant
  7. colourants
  8. colourate
  9. colouration
  10. colourational
  11. colourations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: colourant (page history and authors); colourant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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