Dye

//daɪ//

Synonyms for "dye" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Verb(1 words)
stain

Strong matches (37)

Noun(2 words)
colourantdyestuff

Related words (62)

Verb(3 words)
shadestreaktint
Noun(1 words)
tincture

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Translations

178 translations across 79 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • bojë noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • βάμμα noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • βαφή noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • βάπτω verb (to colour with dye)

Arabic

4 entries
  • صبغة noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • صِبْغَة noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • صبغ verb (to colour with dye)
  • صَبَغَ verb (to colour with dye)

Armenian

1 entries
  • ներկ noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Asturian

1 entries
  • tiñe noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Avar

1 entries
  • белъине verb (to colour with dye)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • boya noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • rəng noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • фа́рба noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • фарбава́льнік noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • багри́ло noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • боя́ noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • боядисвам verb (to colour with dye)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဆိုးဆေး noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries
  • pintài verb (to colour with dye)

Catalan

2 entries
  • tint noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tenyir verb (to colour with dye)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 染料 noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • 染 verb (to colour with dye)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • сӑрӑ noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Czech

4 entries
  • barva noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • barvivo noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • barvit verb (to colour with dye)
  • obarvit verb (to colour with dye)

Danish

3 entries
  • farve noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • farvestof noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • farve verb (to colour with dye)

Dutch

4 entries
  • kleur noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • kleurstof noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • kleuren verb (to colour with dye)
  • verven verb (to colour with dye)

Esperanto

4 entries
  • kolorigilo noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tinkturo noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • kolorigi verb (to colour with dye)
  • tinkturi verb (to colour with dye)

Estonian

1 entries
  • värvaine noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Finnish

4 entries
  • väri noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • väriaine noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • värjäysaine noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • sävyttää verb (to colour with dye)

French

2 entries
  • teinture noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • teindre verb (to colour with dye)

Friulian

1 entries
  • tenzi verb (to colour with dye)

Galician

4 entries
  • colorante noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tintura noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tinguir verb (to colour with dye)
  • tinxir verb (to colour with dye)

Gallurese

1 entries
  • pintà verb (to colour with dye)

Georgian

1 entries
  • საღებავი noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

German

4 entries
  • Farbstoff noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • Färbemittel noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • Färbmittel noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • Färbmittel noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Greek

3 entries
  • βαφή noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • βάφω verb (to colour with dye)
  • ῥέζω verb (to colour with dye)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • waihoʻoluʻu noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • hoʻoluʻu verb (to colour with dye)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • צֶבַע noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • צָבַע verb (to colour with dye)

Hindi

2 entries
  • रंग noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • रंजक noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • festék noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • fest verb (to colour with dye)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • litarefni noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • litur noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • lita verb (to colour with dye)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • pencelup noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • pewarna noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Italian

2 entries
  • tintura noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tingere verb (to colour with dye)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 染料 noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • 染める verb (to colour with dye)

Kalmyk

1 entries
  • будг noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • бояу noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • бояғыш noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Korean

2 entries
  • 염료 noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • 염색하다 verb (to colour with dye)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • боёк noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Latin

3 entries
  • tinctūra noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tinguō verb (to colour with dye)
  • tingō verb (to colour with dye)

Latvian

3 entries
  • krāsa noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • krāsviela noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • krāsot verb (to colour with dye)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • afierwen verb (to colour with dye)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • боја noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Malay

2 entries
  • pencelup noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • pewarna noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Manx

1 entries
  • daaghey verb (to colour with dye)

Maranao

1 entries
  • randang noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Marathi

1 entries
  • मेंदी noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • будаг noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • ᠪᠤᠳᠤᠭ noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Māori

4 entries
  • tae noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • wairākau noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • waitae noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tāwai verb (to colour with dye)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fargestoff noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fargestoff noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Occitan

3 entries
  • tenchar verb (to colour with dye)
  • tintar verb (to colour with dye)
  • ténher verb (to colour with dye)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بویا noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Pashto

2 entries
  • ورېغ noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • رنګول verb (to colour with dye)

Persian

4 entries
  • جوهر noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • رزانه noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • رنگ noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • رزیدن verb (to colour with dye)

Polish

4 entries
  • barwidło noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • barwnik noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • farba noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • barwić verb (to colour with dye)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • corante noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tintura noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tingir verb (to colour with dye)

Romanian

3 entries
  • colorant noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • vopsea noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • vopsi verb (to colour with dye)

Russian

3 entries
  • кра́ска noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • краси́тель noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • кра́сить verb (to colour with dye)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • pintare verb (to colour with dye)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • pintà verb (to colour with dye)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • fȃrba noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • фа̑рба noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • farbati verb (to colour with dye)
  • ofarbati verb (to colour with dye)

Sicilian

2 entries
  • tìnciri verb (to colour with dye)
  • tìngiri verb (to colour with dye)

Slovak

4 entries
  • farba noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • farbivo noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • farbiť verb (to colour with dye)
  • zafarbiť verb (to colour with dye)

Slovene

1 entries
  • barvilo noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Southern Altai

2 entries
  • бойу noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • бойор verb (to colour with dye)

Spanish

4 entries
  • tinte noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • tintura noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • teñir verb (to colour with dye)
  • tinturar verb (to colour with dye)

Swedish

2 entries
  • färgämne noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • färga verb (to colour with dye)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ранг noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Telugu

2 entries
  • రంగు పదార్థం noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • రంగు అద్దు verb (to colour with dye)

Thai

1 entries
  • ย้อม verb (to colour with dye)

Turkish

2 entries
  • boya noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • boyamak verb (to colour with dye)

Turkmen

2 entries
  • boýag noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • reňk noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • ба́рва noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • барвни́к noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • фа́рба noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • фарбува́ти verb (to colour with dye)

Urdu

1 entries
  • رنگ noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • بوياق noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • boʻyoq noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • rang noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)

Venetan

3 entries
  • ténxar verb (to colour with dye)
  • ténxer verb (to colour with dye)
  • ténzar verb (to colour with dye)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thuốc nhuộm noun (a colourant, especially one that has an affinity to the substrate to which it is applied)
  • nhuộm verb (to colour with dye)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Wool takes a dye well.

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India ink produces an interesting pattern when used as a dye.

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It was him as told me what to do. "Dye your hair, Jack," he says; "it's what I've had to myself," he says. "They won't have old men nowadays, at no price."

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Jeans manufacturers make denim bluer with indigo dye.

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