monochrome

English

WOTD – 30 December 2009

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- +‎ -chrome.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.əˌkɹəʊm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑn.əˌkɹoʊm/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

monochrome (countable and uncountable, plural monochromes)

1. A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
2. (dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
3. A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

Translations

black and white image

• Finnish: mustavalkokuva, harmaasävykuva
• German: Schwarzweißbild (de) n, Schwarzweißfotografie (de) f
• Japanese: モノクローム (ja) (monokurōmu)
• Manx: undaah m
• Norwegian: monokrom m, svarthvittbilde n
• Polish: czarno-biała fotografia
• Russian: чёрно (ru) (čórno)-белое (ru) (beloje) изображе́ние (ru) n (izobražénije)
• Spanish: monocromático m

painting executed in shades of a single colour

• Finnish: kameepiirros, monokromaattinen maalaus
• Polish: monochrom (pl) m
• Russian: однокрасочное (ru) (odnokrasočnoje) изображе́ние (ru) n (izobražénije)
• Spanish: monocromático

Adjective

monochrome (not comparable)

1. Having only one colour.

   Synonyms: monochromatic; monocolor, monocoloured; monotone; unicolor, unicolored

   Coordinate term: see at polychrome

2. (photography) Representing colours with shades of gray.

   Synonyms: grayscale, greyscale

Translations

having only one colour

• Armenian: միագույն (hy) (miaguyn)
• Bulgarian: едноцветен (ednocveten)
• Catalan: monocrom, monocromàtic (ca)
• Danish: monokromatisk, ensfarvet
• Estonian: monokroomne
• Finnish: yksivärinen
• French: monochrome (fr), monocolore (fr) m or f, unicolore (fr) m or f
• Galician: monocolor m or f, monocor m or f, monocromo m, monocroma f, unicor m or f, unicolor m or f
• German: einfarbig (de), monochrom (de)
• Hebrew: מונוכרומטי m, מונוכרומטית f
• Icelandic: einlitur (is) m
• Irish: monacrómatach
• Italian: monocolore (it) m or f, monocromo (it) m, unicolore m or f
• Japanese: 単色 (ja) (たんしょく, tanshoku)
• Malay: ekawarna (ms)
• Manx: undaahagh
• Maori: taetahi
• Norwegian: ensfarget
• Persian: تکفام (takfâm)
• Polish: monochromatyczny (pl), jednobarwny (pl)
• Portuguese: monocolor m or f, monocromático (pt), monocromo, unicolor
• Romanian: monocrom (ro), monocromatic (ro)
• Russian: монохро́мный (ru) (monoxrómnyj), чёрно-белый (ru) (čórno-belyj), одноцветный (ru) (odnocvetnyj)
• Spanish: monocolor, monocromático, monocromo (es), unicolor
• Swedish: monokrom (sv)
• Tagalog: sangkulayin

of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray

• Armenian: սև-սպիտակ (hy) (sew-spitak)
• Finnish: mustavalkoinen (fi)
• Japanese: 単色 (ja) (たんしょく, tanshoku)
• Manx: undaahagh
• Norwegian: monokromatisk, svarthvit
• Polish: czarno-biały (pl)
• Romanian: monocrom (ro)
• Russian: чёрно-белый (ru) (čórno-belyj)

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Translations to be checked

• French: ^{(please verify)} monochrome (fr)

Related terms

• monochromatic

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”). By surface analysis, mono- +‎ chrome.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔ.kʁom/, /mɔ.no.kʁom/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: monochromes
• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧chrome

Adjective

monochrome (plural monochromes)

1. monochrome

   Synonyms: monochromatique, unicolore

Further reading

• “monochrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Adjective

monochrome

1. inflection of monochrom:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular