The Collaborative International Dictionary
Couleur \Cou`leur"\, n. [F.]
Color; -- chiefly used in a few French phrases, as couler de rose, color of rose; and hence, adjectively, rose-colored; roseate.
A suit of cards, as hearts or clubs; -- used in some French games. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] ||
Wiktionary
n. (cx card games English) A suit of cards, in certain French card games.
Wikipedia
Couleur (from French, meaning colour in English) is the expression used in Central European Studentenverbindungen for the various headgear and distinctive ribbons worn by members of these student societies.
There are three classes of such student societies:
- Societies with no colours (so called schwarz, in English black)
- Societies with colours but wearing no ribbon, no cap etc. They wear their colours e.g. in their coat of arms or as Zipfel.
- Societies with colours and wearing a ribbon, a cap etc.
Usage examples of "couleur".
In fact, it was all couleur de rose, and so she chatted deliciously with her friend.
Quand il y aura des courses serieuses en France, je me charge de battre tous vos anglais avec mes russes: nous verrons si le bai a la mode ne sera pas remplace par notre gris, qui est la vraie couleur du cheval.
Les Bossenno recouvrent une villa gallo-romaine qui etait etablie la, au bout du monde connu, avec ses murs de pierre et de brique, ses chambres peintes de vives couleurs, sa metairie, ses bains et son temple, telle enfin que Columelle decrit une villa romaine.