multicolor
English
Alternative forms
- multicolour (Commonwealth)
Etymology
From Latin multicolor; see below.
Pronunciation
Adjective
multicolor
- (American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
Synonyms
- motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored
Translations
multicolored — see multicolored
Noun
multicolor (uncountable)
- (American spelling) A display of many colors.
- a stamp printed in multicolor
Latin
Etymology
From multus (“much, many”) + color (“color”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /mulˈti.ko.lor/, [mʊɫ̪ˈt̪ɪkɔɫ̪ɔr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mulˈti.ko.lor/, [mul̪ˈt̪iːkolor]
Adjective
multicolor (genitive multicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Of many colors, many-colored, multicolored, multicolor.
Declension
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 |
Synonyms
- (multicolored): multicolōrus
Related terms
Noun
multicolor f (genitive multicolōris); third declension
- multicolored garment
Declension
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
- “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
Adjective
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- multicoloured; multicolour (having multiple colours)
Synonyms
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin multicolor; see above.
Adjective
multicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural multicolores)
- varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK)
Synonyms
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