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Coloured — Une famille coloured (Afrique du Sud, Noël 2000) Populations Population totale 4,8 millions Populations significatives par régions … Wikipédia en Français
-coloured — UK [kʌlə(r)d] US [kʌlərd] suffix used with some adjectives and nouns to make adjectives describing what colour something is a pale honey coloured stone dark coloured trousers Thesaurus: suffixeshyponym … Useful english dictionary
coloured — ● coloured adjectif et nom (anglais coloured, métis) Se dit d un habitant de la République d Afrique du Sud ayant des ascendants mixtes parmi les Africains, les Européens, les Asiatiques. (Les recensements établis par l Afrique du Sud distinguent … Encyclopédie Universelle
coloured — (US colored) ► ADJECTIVE 1) having a colour or colours. 2) dated or offensive wholly or partly of non white descent. 3) S. African of mixed ethnic origin. ► NOUN 1) dated or offensive a person who is wholly or partly of non white descent. 2) … English terms dictionary
coloured — (Brit.) col·oured || kÊŒlÉ™d adj. having color; colorful; painted a certain color; of or belonging to an ethnic group that is not classed as white (offensive); (offensive) racially mixed (also colored) colour (Brit.) col·our || kÊŒlÉ™ v. add… … English contemporary dictionary
coloured — written with a capital C, in South Africa denotes a person of mixed descent, and in the plural denotes a racial group as officially defined under the former apartheid laws. Use of this term by white people in Britain and elsewhere to refer to non … Modern English usage
Coloured — This article is about the term for an ethnic group used in Southern Africa. For other uses, see Color (disambiguation). For usage of coloured or colored outside Southern Africa, see Colored. Coloureds Extended coloured family with roots in Cape… … Wikipedia
coloured — I UK [ˈkʌlə(r)d] / US [ˈkʌlərd] adjective ** 1) [usually before noun] red, green, orange etc instead of black and white or transparent pieces of coloured paper a coloured light bulb a woman wearing a brightly coloured sari 2) coloured hair has… … English dictionary
coloured — [[t]kʌ̱lə(r)d[/t]] ♦♦♦ coloureds (in AM, use colored) 1) ADJ Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour. The illustration shows a cluster of five roses coloured apricot orange. ...a cheap gold coloured bracelet. 2) ADJ… … English dictionary
coloured — col·oured (kŭlʹərd) adj. & n. Chiefly British See colored. * * * ▪ people formerly Cape Coloured a person of mixed European (“white”) and African (“black”) or Asian ancestry, as officially defined by the South African government from… … Universalium
