Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In the game of solo, a name for any selected suit of cards, bids in which are of twice as much value as in any other suit.
- noun In the game of ombre, a suit composed of spades.
- noun In rouge-et-noir, the square (marked ‘couleur’) in which the banker pays all bets when the first card dealt for red or black is the same color as the winning color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Color; -- chiefly used in a few French phrases, as
couler de rose , color of rose; and hence, adjectively, rose-colored; roseate. - noun A suit of cards, as hearts or clubs; -- used in some French games.
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Examples
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Ces trois bandes visuelles ont chacune leur propre graphisme et couleur.
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Ces trois bandes visuelles ont chacune leur propre graphisme et couleur.
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French colonies have used gens de couleur liberes to speak of emancipated black people.
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… On est tous devenu des wasp même si la différenciation de la couleur de peau reste vivace.
Global Voices in English » Obama’s Ghana Speech Underwhelms 2009
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In addition, free gens de couleur in Haiti were running their own armies.
Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010
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Ces trois bandes visuelles ont chacune leur propre graphisme et couleur.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Then to complete, et le complement couleur -- voila! un peu vert, just a touch of a green plant just below the tiles of the roof.
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Ces trois bandes visuelles ont chacune leur propre graphisme et couleur.
French Word-A-Day: 2009
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Ces trois bandes visuelles ont chacune leur propre graphisme et couleur.
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Delaunay's bright, geometric gouache, watercolor and black crayon "Rythme couleur, Paris" (1966) is estimated at £20,000-£30,000; carrying the same estimate will be Otto Freundlich's cheerful pastel "Cosmic Rainbow" (1922).
Tips to Starting a Collection Margaret Studer 2012
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