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Meaning of Coloration | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The act or art of coloring.
  2. The quality of being colored.
  3. A notational device for indicating hemiola through either use of red ink (in mensural black notation) or black noteheads (in mensural white notation).
  4. Ornamental division (also called passaggi, glosas, diminutions. etc.) employing rapid black notes.
  5. Political tendency.
  6. This when a consonant bleeds one of the qualities to the next vowel before the consonant disappears. This can describe PIE Laryngeal Theory.

Equivalents

العربية التلوين
Български оцветяване
Français coloration
Galego coloración
Italiano coloratura
Polski umaszczenie
Svenska färgning

Examples

“Numerous studies of family imprint upon offspring party attachment have shown that, when the father and mother agree politically, the children are likely to adopt the political coloration of their parents.”
“The party was not organized as an Irish political vehicle, but from the first it had a decidedly Gaelic coloration.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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