colourful

colourful
adjective
(Brit.) bunt; farbenfroh, bunt [Bild, Schauspiel]; farbig, anschaulich [Sprache, Stil, Bericht]; buntbewegt [Zeitepoche, Leben]
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adjective
1) (full of colour: a colourful pattern.) farbenfroh
2) (vivid and interesting: a colourful account of his experiences.) farbig
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col·our·ful, AM col·or·ful
[ˈkʌləfəl, AM -lɚ-]
adj
1. (full of colour) paintings farbenfroh, farbenprächtig, farbenfreudig; clothing bunt, farbig
2. (vivid) lebendig, lebhaft
\colourful description anschauliche Schilderung
\colourful pageant abwechslungsreiches Historienspiel
3. (interesting) [bunt] schillernd
to have a \colourful past eine bewegte Vergangenheit haben
\colourful part of town belebter Stadtteil
\colourful personality schillernde Persönlichkeit
4. (euph: vulgar)
\colourful language schlüpfrige Sprache
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(US) ['kʌləfUl]
adj
1) (lit) bunt; spectacle farbenfroh or -prächtig
2) (fig) style of writing, account etc farbig, anschaulich; life, historical period (bunt) bewegt; personality (bunt) schillernd

his colourful past — seine bunte or bewegte Vergangenheit

3) (euph: vulgar) language derb
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colorful, besonders Br colourful adj (adv colourfully)
1. farbenfreudig, -prächtig, bunt
2. fig farbig, bunt, lebhaft, abwechslungsreich:
a colorful description eine anschauliche Beschreibung;
a colorful life ein abwechslungsreiches Leben
3. fig auffallend, interessant (Persönlichkeit etc)
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adjective
(Brit.) bunt; farbenfroh, bunt [Bild, Schauspiel]; farbig, anschaulich [Sprache, Stil, Bericht]; buntbewegt [Zeitepoche, Leben]
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(UK) adj.
farbenfreudig adj.

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