quadricolor
English
Alternative forms
- quadricolour
Etymology
From quadri- + color.
Adjective
quadricolor (not comparable)
- Having four colors.
- 1831, The Mirror of Parliament for the ... Session of the ... Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 1, page 646:
- I may say, then, Sir, that from this expression of just indignation, and this natural explanation of their quadricolor flag, that the middle classes of this country, notwithstanding the bribe of power by which it is attempted to cajole them, have too much of self-denial and too much of good sense to wish to invade that admirable Constitution under which they, of all classes, have especially flourished.
- 1912, Camera Craft, volume 19, page 48:
- It has been learned by reports received at this office that the first issue will be a Christmas and greeting number, featured with also a quadricolor decorative cover design, which will be the work of the students attending the colleges.
- 1921, Botanical Abstracts, page 327:
- These plates set up in press and printed in sequence, yellow, blue, red, black, in perfect register give the quadricolor process picture.
- 1955, The Armenian Review, volume 8:
- The latter added the colors of the Tricolor to those of the flag of Cyprus, thus creating a quadricolor flag of white, red, blue and yellow.
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Synonyms
- quadchromatic
- quadricolored
- tetracolored
Latin
Etymology
Medieval Latin; from quadri- (“four”) + color (“colour”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kʷaˈdri.ko.lor/, [kʷäˈd̪rɪkɔɫ̪ɔr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kwaˈdri.ko.lor/, [kwäˈd̪riːkolor]
Adjective
quadricolor (genitive quadricolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- four-coloured
- Isidorus Hispalensis, De natura rerum, 31, 2. In: Isidori Hispalensis de natura rerum liber recensvit Gustavus Becker, Berlin, 1857, p. 58:
- Quadricolor enim est et ex omnibus elimentis in se rapit species; de caelo enim trahit igneum colorem, de aquis purpureum, de aere album, de terris colligit nigrum.
- Isidorus Hispalensis, De natura rerum, 31, 2. In: Isidori Hispalensis de natura rerum liber recensvit Gustavus Becker, Berlin, 1857, p. 58:
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | quadricolor | quadricolōrēs | quadricolōria | ||
| Genitive | quadricolōris | quadricolōrium | |||
| Dative | quadricolōrī | quadricolōribus | |||
| Accusative | quadricolōrem | quadricolor | quadricolōrēs | quadricolōria | |
| Ablative | quadricolōrī | quadricolōribus | |||
| Vocative | quadricolor | quadricolōrēs | quadricolōria | ||
References
- quadricolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1287
- quadricolor in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016