bicolor

English

Adjective

bicolor (not comparable)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour.

Derived terms

• bicolor goatfish

Noun

bicolor (plural bicolors)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour.

Anagrams

• brocoli

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

1. Of two colors or having two colors, two-colored.

   Synonym: dichrous

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. 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		bicolōrīs bicolōrēs	bicolōria bicolōra
ablative	bicolōrī bicolōre			bicolōribus
vocative	bicolor			bicolōrēs	bicolōria bicolōra

Descendants

• → English: bicolour
• French: bicolore
  • → Romanian: bicolor
• Italian: bicolore
• Portuguese: bicolor
• Spanish: bicolor

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]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloʁ/ [bi.koˈloh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloʁ/ [bi.koˈloχ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.kuˈloɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.kuˈloɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.kuˈlo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bi‧co‧lor

Adjective

bicolor m or f (plural bicolores)

1. bicolor

Further reading

• “bicolor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bicolor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2026
• “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, 2003–2026
• “bicolor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bicolor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *dwís

Proto-Italic *dwis

Old Latin duis

Latin bisder.

French bi-

French colore

French bicolorebor.

Romanian bicolor

Borrowed from French bicolore, from bi- + colore.

Adjective

bicolor m or n (feminine singular bicoloră, masculine plural bicolori, feminine/neuter plural bicolore)

1. bicolor

Declension

Declension of bicolor

		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

Derived from Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bikoˈloɾ/ [bi.koˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: bi‧co‧lor

Adjective

bicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicolores)

1. bicolour (having two colors)

Further reading

• “bicolor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025