monocromo

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈnɔ.kro.mo/, /mo.noˈkrɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ɔkromo, -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: mo‧nò‧cro‧mo, mo‧no‧crò‧mo

Adjective

monocromo (feminine monocroma, masculine plural monocromi, feminine plural monocrome)

1. monochrome
2. monochromatic

   Synonym: monocromatico

Further reading

• monocromo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• monocromo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• monocromo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• monocromo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• monocromo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• monocromo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.noˈkɾõ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.noˈkɾõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mo.noˈkɾo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔˈkɾɔ.mu/

• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧cro‧mo

Adjective

monocromo (feminine monocroma, masculine plural monocromos, feminine plural monocromas)

1. monochrome (having only one color)

   Synonyms: monocromático, unicolor

   Antonyms: policromático, policromo

Further reading

• “monocromo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “monocromo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
• “monocromo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “monocromo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “monocromo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “monocromo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian monocromo, from Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /monoˈkɾomo/ [mo.noˈkɾo.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: mo‧no‧cro‧mo

Adjective

monocromo (feminine monocroma, masculine plural monocromos, feminine plural monocromas)

1. monochrome (having only one color)

   Synonym: monocromático

Further reading

• “monocromo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10