colourantcolorantn.

Brit.

/ˈkʌl(ə)rənt/,

/ˈkʌl(ə)rn̩t/, U.S.

/ˈkələrənt/

Forms: 1800s– colorant (U.S.), 1900s– colourant.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French colorant ; colour n.¹, -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: Either < French colorant (1786 or earlier), use as noun of present participle of colorer ( < classical Latin colōrāre colour v.: see -ant suffix¹), or directly < colour n.¹ + -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier colouring n. 2 and colouring matter n.

A colouring agent; a pigment, a dye.

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the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun]

dyec1000

colour1335

venomc1374

tincturec1400

colouringa1475

fucus1676

colouring matter1689

colourant1800

colourizer1866

brede1867

1800 W. Nisbet Clin. Pharmacopœia 35/1 (table) Red Sanders. Colorant to spirits.

1884 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 207 This wonderful colorant [rosaniline] may be constituted by the action of almost any of the oxidizing agents..upon aniline.

1916 F. B. Wade Diamonds 3 Iron as a colourant commonly produces yellow or brown in minerals.

1959 Times 24 Mar. 6/1 You get your colour by squeezing the scientific colourants into a Colorizer Base Paint.

1960 News Chron. 26 July 6/3 Hair colourants are now widely used by women of all age groups.

2008 Ecologist July–Aug. 57/2 Four varieties of cordial, which are 60 per cent juice with no additives or colourants.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	colourant
释义	colourantcolorantn. Brit. /ˈkʌl(ə)rənt/, /ˈkʌl(ə)rn̩t/, U.S. /ˈkələrənt/ Forms: 1800s– colorant (U.S.), 1900s– colourant. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from French. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: French colorant ; colour n.¹, -ant suffix¹. Etymology: Either < French colorant (1786 or earlier), use as noun of present participle of colorer ( < classical Latin colōrāre colour v.: see -ant suffix¹), or directly < colour n.¹ + -ant suffix¹. Compare earlier colouring n. 2 and colouring matter n. A colouring agent; a pigment, a dye. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > colouring > colouring matter > [noun] dyec1000 colour1335 venomc1374 tincturec1400 colouringa1475 fucus1676 colouring matter1689 colourant1800 colourizer1866 brede1867 1800 W. Nisbet Clin. Pharmacopœia 35/1 (table) Red Sanders. Colorant to spirits. 1884 Pop. Sci. Monthly June 207 This wonderful colorant [rosaniline] may be constituted by the action of almost any of the oxidizing agents..upon aniline. 1916 F. B. Wade Diamonds 3 Iron as a colourant commonly produces yellow or brown in minerals. 1959 Times 24 Mar. 6/1 You get your colour by squeezing the scientific colourants into a Colorizer Base Paint. 1960 News Chron. 26 July 6/3 Hair colourants are now widely used by women of all age groups. 2008 Ecologist July–Aug. 57/2 Four varieties of cordial, which are 60 per cent juice with no additives or colourants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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