coloured
/ˈkʌl.əd/
coloured adjective: british standard spelling of colored. Also the alternative form of colored.
Adjective (1)
coloured (comparative more coloured, superlative most coloured)
- British standard spelling of colored.
- The last quarrel arose from Mr[.] Pompeau’s being more sweet upon Miss Feliciana Woodland, a coloured spinster, than suited Mrs. Pompeau’s ideas of decorum.1832 December 14, “Delicate Distresses”, in James K. Cook, editor, Mississippi Journal and Natchez Advertiser, volume I, number 8, Natchez, Miss.: N. Wooster, →OCLC, page [4], column 4
- For this scene, a large number of supers are engaged, and in order to further swell the crowd, practically all the available stage hands have to ‘walk on’ dressed in various coloured dominoes, and all wearing masks.1904–1905, Baroness Orczy [i.e., Emma Orczy], “The Affair at the Novelty Theatre”, in The Case of Miss Elliott, London: T[homas] Fisher Unwin, published 1905, →OCLC; republished as popular edition...
Adjective (2) capitalized: Coloured
Coloured (not comparable)
- Alternative letter-case form of coloured (“nonwhite, or mixed-race”).
Noun capitalized: Coloured
Coloured (plural Coloureds)
- Alternative letter-case form of coloured (“nonwhite or mixed-race person; Black”).
Also used as
coloured is also the alternative form of colored.
coloured is also the simple past and past participle of colour.
coloured meaning in Tamil and Urdu
coloured in Tamil
- வண்ணமயமாக்கப்பட்டது
coloured in Urdu
- رنگا ہوا
Forms of coloured
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more coloured |
| superlative | most coloured |
| Noun | |
| plural | coloureds |
| plural | Coloureds |
Words formed from coloured
Phrases with coloured
Questions about coloured
- What does coloured mean?
- Coloured means british standard spelling of colored.
- What is coloured in Tamil?
- Coloured in Tamil is வண்ணமயமாக்கப்பட்டது. See Coloured meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is coloured?
- Coloured can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce coloured?
- Coloured is pronounced /ˈkʌl.əd/ (UK).
Words near coloured in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: coloured (page history and authors); Coloured (page history and authors); coloured (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); coloured (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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