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Meaning of "colourant" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF COLOURANT

colourant  [ˈkʌlərənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF COLOURANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Colourant is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES COLOURANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Colourant

A colourant or colorant is something added to something else to cause a change in colour. Colourants can be: ▪ Dyes ▪ Pigments ▪ Biological pigments ▪ Inks ▪ Paint ▪ Coloured chemicals ▪ Food colourings For example, colourants could be adding white to tint a paint, or black to shade a paint, ultimately changing the colour or value.

Definition of colourant in the English dictionary

The definition of colourant in the dictionary is a substance that imparts colour to the hair.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH COLOURANT


accelerant
ækˈsɛlərənt
adherent
ədˈhɪərənt
Arendt
ˈɛərənt
coherent
kəʊˈhɪərənt
colorant
ˈkʌlərənt
decolorant
diːˈkʌlərənt
deodorant
diːˈəʊdərənt
different
ˈdɪfərənt
durant
ˈdjʊərənt
exhilarant
ɪɡˈzɪlərənt
fault-tolerant
ˈfɔːltˌtɒlərənt
grandparent
ˈɡrænˌpɛərənt
ignorant
ˈɪɡnərənt
inherent
ɪnˈhɪərənt
intolerant
ɪnˈtɒlərənt
parent
ˈpɛərənt
referent
ˈrɛfərənt
refrigerant
rɪˈfrɪdʒərənt
thermotolerant
ˌθɜːməʊˈtɑlərənt
tolerant
ˈtɒlərənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE COLOURANT

colour supplement
colour television
colour temperature
colour-blind
colour-code
colour-reversal
colourability
colourable
colourableness
colourably
colouration
coloured
colourer
colourfast
colourfastness
colourful
colourfully
colourfulness
colouring
colouring book

WORDS THAT END LIKE COLOURANT

au courant
courant
denaturant
figurant
fish restaurant
five-star restaurant
floating restaurant
fulgurant
grant
Indian restaurant
insurant
jurant
motorway restaurant
nurturant
obscurant
pizza restaurant
restaurant
saturant
sushi restaurant
vibrant

Synonyms and antonyms of colourant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «colourant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF COLOURANT

Find out the translation of colourant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of colourant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «colourant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

着色剂
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

colorante
570 millions of speakers

English

colourant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

colourant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

لون ملونة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

краситель
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

corante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

colourant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colorant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Colourant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Farbstoff
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

着色
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

착색제
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Colourant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

colourant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிறங்கள்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रंगीबेरंगी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

renklendirici
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

colorante
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

barwnika
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

барвник
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colorant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρωστική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kleurstof
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

färgämne
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

fargestoff
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of colourant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURANT»

The term «colourant» is regularly used and occupies the 83.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of colourant
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «COLOURANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «colourant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «colourant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about colourant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COLOURANT»

Discover the use of colourant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to colourant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Physical Techniques in the Study of Art, Archaeology and ...
Texture Colour Made in Purchased phase phase(s)a SEMb A1 Powder Light blue Egypt Aswan (souk) Talc Quartz (SiO2) Si, Mg, O, C, (Mg3Si4O10(OH)2) ( Calcite (CaCO3)) (Fe, Ca) (Colourant*) A2 Powder Light blue- Egypt Aswan ( souk) ...
‎2006
2
The Printing Ink Manual
The chemical nature of the colourant has a fundamental effect on its hue but so do particle size and shape surface characteristics and the amount of colourant contained in a given printed ink film. In general, the higher the concentration of a  ...
R. H. Leach, 1993
3
PVC Technology
11.3.4 Choice of Colourant — Main Considerations The principal considerations influencing the choice of colourant or colourant system for a PVC composition (as for most plastics compounds in general) may be grouped under the following ...
W. V. Titow, 1984
4
Aulton's Pharmaceutics: The Design and Manufacture of Medicines
Colourants are added to tablets to aid identification and patient compliance. Colouring is often accomplished during coating (see Chapter 32 for further information) but a colourant can also be included in the formulation prior to compaction.
Michael E. Aulton, Kevin Taylor, 2013
5
Ion Exchange at the Millennium: Proceedings of IEX 2000
Proceedings of IEX 2000 J. A. Greig. Atten. 2500 0.5 1 Chloride ion (mol/1) Figure 1 Colourants removal from resin with different chemical Attenuance = Abs (420 nm, pH 9) x 1000 It was observed earlier that maximum colourant removal was ...
J. A. Greig, 2000
6
Ancient Glass: An Interdisciplinary Exploration
3.3.2.2 Manganese-Coloured Glass Manganese can either be used as a glass decolouriser or a purple glass colourant. Biringuccio, in his Pirotechnica published in 1558, noted that it could be used as a glass decolourant, and there is ...
Julian Henderson, 2013
7
X-Radiography of Textiles, Dress and Related Objects
Broadly speaking, the image on a printed textile is created by con- trolled contact between the colouring agent on a block or a roller that transfers the colourant to the sur- face of the textile. Unless there is excessive colourant on the printing ...
Sonia O'Connor, Mary Brooks, 2007
8
Developments in Colorants for Plastics
750726 Item 178 Modern Plastics International 29, No.10, Oct.1999, p.86-9 PRODUCT GALLERY Advances in colourant technology are outlined. Neolor rare earth pigments from Rhodia are compatible with all polymers and are heat stable up ...
Ian Christensen, 2003
9
Pharmaceutical Capsules
The specification for each colourant is published in the Federal Register. Every lot of colourant manufactured for use in the USA must be certified before use. In order to do this, the colourant manufacturers have to submit samples to the FDA for ...
Fridrun Podczeck, Brian E. Jones, 2004
10
Applications of Wet-End Paper Chemistry
Colourant. Choice. and. Performance. Pulp freeness Increases in refining will increase the depth of colour produced. Furnish variations Varying pulps will produce differing degrees of colour strength. Potentially, the lowest dyeing performance ...
Ian Thorn, Che On Au, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COLOURANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term colourant is used in the context of the following news items.
1
ITMA 2015 confirms add in of textile colourant and chemical leaders …
ITMA 2015 is being billed as the world's largest textile and garment manufacturing technology showcase at the autumn's conference has ... «YarnsandFibers, Jul 15»
2
L'Oreal Professional Introduce Majirel High Lift
This is all thanks to Icium+, a new iridescent colourant that reduces the yellow and red proportions to neutralise unwanted tones. The new ... «Styleicons, Jul 15»
3
Surviving Desert With Leather
... and a half months to get the hides ready but they need to be turned over once in a while to make sure the traditional colourant does its work. «AllAfrica.com, Jun 15»
4
Taiwan updates its certification in wake of scandals
Also last year, tofu and seasoning products were found to have been adulterated with a carcinogenic illegal colourant. Devised by the Taiwan ... «FoodNavigator-Asia.com, Jun 15»
5
Sowing the seeds of permaculture at Eats, Shoots & Roots
The indigo blooms of bunga telang, used as a food colourant, peek out from the trellis. Clusters of aloe vera nestle in The Herb Spiral, a raised ... «Malay Mail Online, Jun 15»
6
Conman known as 'wee dram man' for filling whisky bottles with …
Scientific evidence revealed that other form's of human waste had been used as a colourant. Stewart,unemployed of Devonshire Road ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jun 15»
7
Fake alcohol conman back before courts
Scientific evidence revealed that forms of human waste had been used as a colourant. Stewart, of Devonshire Road,Blackpool yesterday ... «Blackpool Gazette, Jun 15»
8
AOC Unveils New Gelcoat Mixer at Tennessee Plant
"Our continued investment in gelcoat and colourant manufacturing underscores our commitment to exceptional quality, technology leadership ... «NETCOMPOSITES, Jun 15»
9
Power Report: Be aware of the dark side of cooldrinks
In four months, all affected products containing the caramel colourant here - Coke, Coke Zero, Coke Light, Tab, Fanta Pineapple, Sparletta Iron ... «Times LIVE, Jun 15»
10
ITMA 2015 to host Textile Colourant & Nonwovens Forums
Among the events are the 'Textile Colourant and Chemical Leaders Forum' and 'Nonwovens Forum @ ITMA 2015. “Launched at ITMA 2011, ... «Fibre2fashion.com, May 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Colourant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/colourant>. May 2024 ».
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