colourant

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/ˈkʌlər(ə)nt/

noun

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

Scrabble 11

Meanings

nouncolourant (plural colourants)

plural colourants · alternative colorant

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

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian оцветител
  • оцветител (ocvetitel)a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Chinese Mandarin 著色劑 /著色剂, 着色剂
  • 著色劑 /著色剂a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
  • 着色剂 (zhuósèjì)a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Finnish väriaine
  • väriainea pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
French colorant
  • coloranta pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
German Farbstoff
  • Farbstoffa pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Greek χρωστική
  • χρωστική (chrostikí)a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Indonesian pewarna
  • pewarnaa pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Japanese 顔料
  • 顔料 (ganryō)a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Māori waitae
  • waitaea pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Portuguese corante
  • corantea pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Russian краси́тель
  • краси́тель (krasítelʹ)a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Spanish colorante
  • colorantea pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Swedish färgämne
  • färgämnea pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Ukrainian барвни́к
  • барвни́к (barvnýk)a pigment, dye etc added to something to change its colour or hue
Cite this entry
APA

colourant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colourant

MLA

“colourant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colourant. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “colourant,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/colourant.

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