coloured (redirected from Coloureds)

col·oured  (klrd)

adj. & n. Chiefly British

See colored.

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coloured [ˈkʌləd]

adj

1. possessing colour

2. having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured)

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Coloured [ˈkʌləd]

n pl Coloureds, Coloured

1. (Social Science / Peoples) an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person

2. (Social Science / Peoples) Also called Cape Coloured (in South Africa) a person of racially mixed parentage or descent

adj

(Social Science / Peoples) designating or relating to a Coloured person or Coloured people a Coloured gentleman

Usage: The use of Coloured to refer to a person who is not White can be offensive and should be avoided

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	coloured - having color or a certain color; sometimes used in combination; "colored crepe paper"; "the film was in color"; "amber-colored heads of grain" colored, colorful
	2.	coloured - favoring one person or side over another; "a biased account of the trial"; "a decision that was partial to the defendant" biased, slanted, colored, one-sided partial - showing favoritism
	3.	coloured - (used of color) artificially produced; not natural; "a bleached blonde" dyed, bleached, colored artificial, unreal - contrived by art rather than nature; "artificial flowers"; "artificial flavoring"; "an artificial diamond"; "artificial fibers"; "artificial sweeteners"
	4.	coloured - having skin rich in melanin pigments; "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People"; "dark-skinned peoples" dark-skinned, non-white, colored, dark black - of or belonging to a racial group having dark skin especially of sub-Saharan African origin; "a great people--a black people--...injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization"- Martin Luther King Jr.

Translations

coloured colored (US) [ˈkʌləd]

A. ADJ

1. [pencils, glass, chalk, beads] → de colores
brightly coloured silks → sedas fpl de colores vivos

2. (= biased) → parcial
a highly coloured tale → una historia de lo más parcial

3. (o.f.) (= black) [person] → de color

B. N

1. (o.f.) (= black) → persona f de color

2. (in South Africa) persona de padres racialmente mixtos

3. coloureds (= clothes) → ropa fsing de color

coloured [ˈkʌlə^rd] (British) colored (US)

adj

(= dyed) [plastic, glass, material] → coloré(e); [hair] → teint(e)
brightly coloured → aux couleurs vives

[photo] → en couleur

gold-coloured → doré(e)

(offensive or old-fashioned) [person] → de couleur

n (offensive or old-fashioned) → Noir(e) m/f

coloured, (US) colored

adj

→ bunt; fabric, walls also → farbig

(fig: = biased) → gefärbt; (= exaggerated) → ausgeschmückt; a highly coloured account → ein reichlich ausgeschmückter Bericht

person, race → farbig; (= of mixed blood) → gemischtrassig

n → Farbige(r) mf; (of mixed blood) → Mischling m

coloured colored (Am) [ˈkʌləd]

1. adj → colorato/a; (person, race) → di colore
a straw-coloured hat → un cappello color paglia
highly-coloured (tale, account) → molto colorito/a

2. n coloureds → gente f di colore