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discolour

discolour verb: british and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.

Verb

discolour (third-person singular simple present discolours, present participle discolouring, simple past and past participle discoloured)

  1. British and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
    • Instead, the grime of the steam years which still discoloured many of the best architectural features Betjeman loved has been cleared away, and several of the stations have benefited from major refurbishments which have greatly improved them.2021 January 13, Christian Wolmar, “Read all about London's Cathedrals of Steam”, in RAIL, issue 922, page 63

discolour meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada

discolour in Tamil

நிறமற்றதாக்கு

discolour in Urdu

بدرنگ ہونا, رنگ اترنا, بدرنگ کرنا, رنگ اڑانا

discolour in Malayalam

നിറംമാറ്റുക, നിറഭേദം ചെയ്യുക, വിവർണ്ണമാക്കുക, ചായം കയറ്റുക

discolour in Kannada

ಬಣ್ಣ ಬದಲಾಗು, ಕಂದು, ಬಣ್ಣಕೆಡಿಸು

Forms of discolour

third-person singular presentdiscolours
present participlediscolouring
past participlediscoloured
pastdiscoloured

Origin of discolour

From Middle English discolouren, discoloren, from Old French discolorer, descolorer, equivalent to dis- + colour.

Words formed from discolour

Questions about discolour

What does discolour mean?
Discolour means british and Canadian standard spelling of discolor.
What is discolour in Tamil?
Discolour in Tamil is நிறமற்றதாக்கு. See Discolour meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is discolour?
Discolour is a verb.
What is the past tense of discolour?
The past tense of discolour is discoloured.

Words near discolour in the dictionary

  1. discolorizations
  2. discolorment
  3. discolorous
  4. discolorously
  5. discolors
  6. discolour
  7. discolour'd
  8. discolouration
  9. discolourations
  10. discoloured
  11. discolourer

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: discolour (page history and authors); discolour (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discolour (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discolour (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); discolour (Kannada 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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