multicolor
English
Alternative forms
- multicolour (British spelling)
Etymology
From Latin multicolor; see below.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/
Adjective
multicolor
- (American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
- Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
Translations
multicolored — see multicolored
Noun
multicolor (uncountable)
- (American spelling) A display of many colors.
- a stamp printed in multicolor
Latin
Etymology
From multus (“much, many”) + color (“color”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mulˈti.ko.lor/, [mʊɫ̪ˈt̪ɪkɔɫ̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mulˈti.ko.lor/, [mul̪ˈt̪iːkolor]
Adjective
multicolor (genitive multicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Of many colors, many-colored, multicolored, multicolor.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | multicolor | multicolōrēs | multicolōria | ||
Genitive | multicolōris | multicolōrium | |||
Dative | multicolōrī | multicolōribus | |||
Accusative | multicolōrem | multicolor | multicolōrēs | multicolōria | |
Ablative | multicolōrī | multicolōribus | |||
Vocative | multicolor | multicolōrēs | multicolōria |
Synonyms
- (multicolored): multicolōrus
Related terms
- color
- multicolōrus
- multus
Noun
multicolor f (genitive multicolōris); third declension
- multicolored garment
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | multicolor | multicolōrēs |
Genitive | multicolōris | multicolōrum |
Dative | multicolōrī | multicolōribus |
Accusative | multicolōrem | multicolōrēs |
Ablative | multicolōre | multicolōribus |
Vocative | multicolor | multicolōrēs |
References
- “multicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- multicolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.koˈloʁ/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.koˈloh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.koˈloɾ/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.koˈloɾ]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.koˈloʁ/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.koˈloχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.koˈloɻ/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.koˈloɻ]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /mul.ti.kuˈloɾ/ [muɫ.ti.kuˈloɾ]
Adjective
multicolor m or f (plural multicolores)
- multicoloured; multicolour (having multiple colours)
- Synonyms: multicolorido, multicor
Romanian
Etymology
From French multicolore, from Latin multicolor.
Adjective
multicolor m or n (feminine singular multicoloră, masculine plural multicolori, feminine and neuter plural multicolore)
- multicolored
Declension
Declension of multicolor
singular | plural | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | multicolor | multicoloră | multicolori | multicolore | ||
definite | multicolorul | multicolora | multicolorii | multicolorele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | multicolor | multicolore | multicolori | multicolore | ||
definite | multicolorului | multicolorei | multicolorilor | multicolorelor |
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin multicolor; see above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /multikoˈloɾ/ [mul̪.t̪i.koˈloɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: mul‧ti‧co‧lor
Adjective
multicolor (plural multicolores)
- varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK)
- Synonym: policromo
Further reading
- “multicolor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014