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s | colored |

As a letter s

is the letter s with a.

As an adjective colored is

having a particular or kind of color.

As a noun colored is

a colored person.

As a verb colored is

(color).

s

Translingual

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Letter

  • The nineteenth letter of the .
  • Symbol

    (wikipedia) (mul-symbol)
  • voiceless alveolar fricative
  • Symbol for second , an SI unit of measurement of time.
  • See also

    (Latn-script) * * (esh) * (dze) * {{Letter , page=S , NATO=Sierra , Morse=ยทยทยท , Character=S , Braille=? }} Image:Latin S.png, Capital and lowercase versions of S , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter S.png, Uppercase and lowercase S in Fraktur Symbols for SI units ----

    colored

    English

    Alternative forms

    * coloured (British spelling)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Having a particular or kind of color.
  • * The room was colored''' red, with a dark-'''colored rug.
  • Having prominent colors; colorful.
  • * The singer wore a colored shirt.
  • Influenced pervasively but subtly.
  • * My opinions are colored by my upbringing.
  • Of skin color other than the white; in particular: black.
  • * Being of an older generation, they considered themselves "colored ladies".
  • Of neither black nor white skin color.
  • * Most of the colored community speaks Afrikaans, whereas languages like Xhosa or Venda are typically spoken by blacks and English is spoken mostly by whites.
  • (chiefly, historical) Designated for use by colored people (in either the US or South African sense).
  • a black''' drinking fountain''; ''a '''black hospital

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A colored person.
  • (laundry) A colored article of clothing.
  • Verb

    (head)
  • (color)
  • See also