multicolor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin multicolor; see below.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/

Adjective

multicolor

  1. (American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
    Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

Translations

Noun

multicolor (uncountable)

  1. (American spelling) A display of many colors.
    a stamp printed in multicolor

Latin

Etymology

From multus (“much, many”) + color (“color”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

multicolor (genitive multicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. Of many colors, many-colored, multicolored, multicolor.

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

singular plural
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

Noun

multicolor f (genitive multicolōris); third declension

  1. multicolored garment

Declension

Third-declension noun.

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]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /mul.ti.kuˈlo.ɾi/ [muɫ.ti.kuˈlo.ɾi]

Adjective

multicolor m or f (plural multicolores)

  1. multicoloured; multicolour (having multiple colours)
    Synonyms: multicolorido, multicor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French multicolore, from Latin multicolor.

Adjective

multicolor m or n (feminine singular multicoloră, masculine plural multicolori, feminine and neuter plural multicolore)

  1. 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 m or f (masculine and feminine plural multicolores)

  1. varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK)
    Synonym: policromo

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