What does colours mean?
Definitions for colours
colours
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word colours.
Princeton's WordNet
colors, coloursnoun
a distinguishing emblem
"his tie proclaimed his school colors"
colors, coloursnoun
a flag that shows its nationality
Wiktionary
coloursnoun
The national flag flown by a ship at sea.
coloursnoun
The British military ceremony of raising the flag.
coloursnoun
The balls that score more than one point in snooker. Yellow, green, brown, blue, pink, and black.
coloursnoun
Plural form of colour.
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
colours
The flags or banners which distinguish the ships of different nations. Also, the regimental flags of the army. Hauling down colours in token of submission, and the use of signals, are mentioned by Plutarch in Themistocles.
Editors Contribution
colours
Plural form and verb form of the word colour.
The colours of our clothing have an effect on the way we look.
Submitted by MaryC on April 14, 2020
Suggested Resources
colours
Song lyrics by colours -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by colours on the Lyrics.com website.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'colours' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2400
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'colours' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1922
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of colours in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of colours in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of colours in a Sentence
We can all identify with all the colours on the surface of the skin, but we are all filled with blood from within.
Chief Executive Eric Trappier:
After the Mirage 5, the Alpha Jet and the Mirage 2000, the Rafale is the fourth Dassault aircraft to fly in Egyptian colours, and Egypt is the first export customer for the Rafale, as it was for the Mirage 2000.
European states have been banning Muslim women in Europe from wearing the hijab; however, the coronavirus has now compelled not only females but also males around the world to wear life-saving hijab; as English words, Face Masks. Indeed, it verifies the Islamic concept of Hijab protecting from Coronavirus-eyes. It looks like humans are breathing on a science fiction planet, wearing hijabs or masks in various designs and colours; isn't it a Divine warning and penalty?
The Family Book champions an all-inclusive world where families come in all shapes, sizes and colours, and most importantly, that families are about love. Our boys adore The Family Book.
John Keats, Letter to James Rice, Feb 1820:
I muse with the greatest affection on every flower I have known from my infancy - their shapes and colours are as new to me as if I had just created them with a superhuman fancy - It is because they are connected with the most thoughtless and happiest moments of our lives.
Popularity rank by frequency of use
Translations for colours
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for colours »
Translation
Find a translation for the colours definition in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Word of the Day
Would you like us to send you a FREE new word definition delivered to your inbox daily?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this definition to your bibliography:
"colours." Definitions.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 29 Jun 2022. <https://www.definitions.net/definition/colours>.
Discuss these colours definitions with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In