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Alternative spellings
colourful

Adjective
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1. possess|Posessing prominent and varied colour|colors.

#*1895, The Annual of the British School at Athens
#*:It was a colourful vase with red and white hoops on the lid, and red bands above and below the main frieze. These bands also carry a metope pattern in white of triple lines and blobs, which can just be distinguished on the photographs.

1. interesting|Interesting, multifaceted, energetic, distinctive.

#*1895, H. Walter Staner and Henry Sturmey, The Autocar
#*:One of the most colourful people in motor racing, he writes in a colourful manner''.

1. euphemism profane|Profane, obscene, offensive (usually in the phrase colourful language).

#*2002, news.bbc.co.uk
#*:Hussain celebrated reaching his ton with a gesture towards the media centre, pointing to the number three on the back of his shirt and offering some colourful language.

Translations
trans-top|possessing prominent and varied colors
Danish: farverig
Dutch: kleurrijk
Finnish: värikäs
French: coloré
German: farbig, farbenprächtig, farbenfroh, bunt, Kunterbunt
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Kurdish: rengîn, KUchar|ئاڵ��اڵا, KUchar|����گا�����گ
Polish: kolorowy m, kolorowa f, kolorowe n
Russian: �азно�ве�н�й (raznocv'étnyj), �ве�а���й (cv'etástyj), ��кий (járkij)
Spanish: lleno m, de color
Vietnamese: mầu mè
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trans-top|interesting, multifaceted
Danish: farverig
Finnish: värikäs
French: coloré
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Russian: коло�и�н�й (kolorítnyj), ��кий (járkij)
Spanish: lleno m, de color
Vietnamese: mầu mè
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trans-top|profane
Danish: blomstrende
Finnish: värikäs
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ttbc|Hindi: र���न (rangeen)
ttbc|Persian: ر�گ�� (rangin)

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