bicolor
English
Adjective
bicolor (not comparable)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour.
Derived terms
Noun
bicolor (plural bicolors)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour.
Anagrams
Latin
Alternative forms
- bicolōrus
Etymology
From bis (“twice”) + color (“color, hue”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈbɪ.kɔ.ɫɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈbiː.ko.lor]
Adjective
bicolor (genitive bicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
Usage notes
Attested mainly in the nominative singular in extant ancient texts. In New Latin, the declension varies between i-stem and non-i-stem endings. The i-stem endings are given by Short and George 2013.[1] The first/second declension bicolōrus, bicolōra, bicolōrum is also used.
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective (i-stem or non-i-stem).
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masc./fem. | neuter | masc./fem. | neuter | ||
| nominative | bicolor | bicolōrēs | bicolōria bicolōra | ||
| genitive | bicolōris | bicolōrium bicolōrum | |||
| dative | bicolōrī | bicolōribus | |||
| accusative | bicolōrem | bicolor | bicolōrēs | bicolōria bicolōra | |
| ablative | bicolōrī bicolōre |
bicolōribus | |||
| vocative | bicolor | bicolōrēs | bicolōria bicolōra | ||
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “bicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “bicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- bicolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin bicolōrem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.koˈloʁ/ [bi.koˈloh]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /bi.koˈloɾ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /bi.koˈloʁ/ [bi.koˈloχ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bi.koˈloɻ/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.kuˈloɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /bi.kuˈlo.ɾi/
- Hyphenation: bi‧co‧lor
Adjective
bicolor m or f (plural bicolores)
Further reading
- “bicolor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “bicolor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “bicolor” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “bicolor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “bicolor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “bicolor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bicolore, from Latin.
Adjective
bicolor m or n (feminine singular bicoloră, masculine plural bicolori, feminine and neuter plural bicolore)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | bicolor | bicoloră | bicolori | bicolore | |||
| definite | bicolorul | bicolora | bicolorii | bicolorele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | bicolor | bicolore | bicolori | bicolore | |||
| definite | bicolorului | bicolorei | bicolorilor | bicolorelor | ||||
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bikoˈloɾ/ [bi.koˈloɾ]
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: bi‧co‧lor
Adjective
bicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicolores)
- bicolour (having two colors)
Further reading
- “bicolor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024