multicolor

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English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin multicolor; see below.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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multicolor

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

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Noun

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multicolor (uncountable)

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

Latin

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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

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

Declension

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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

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Noun

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multicolor f (genitive multicolōris); third declension

  1. multicolored garment

Declension

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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

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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  • (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

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multicolor m or f (plural multicolores)

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French multicolore, from Latin multicolor.

Adjective

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

  1. multicolored

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Spanish

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Etymology

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From Latin multicolor; see above.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /multikoˈloɾ/ [mul̪.t̪i.koˈloɾ]
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: mul‧ti‧co‧lor

Adjective

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multicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural multicolores)

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

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