multicolor

English

Alternative forms

• multicolour (British spelling)

Etymology

From Latin multicolor; see below.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/

Adjective

multicolor

1. (American spelling) Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.

   Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

Translations

multicolored — see multicolored

Noun

multicolor (uncountable)

1. (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

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

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

	singular			plural
	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

• color
• multicolōrus
• multus

Noun

multicolor f (genitive multicolōris); third declension

1. multicolored garment

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /muw.t͡ʃi.koˈloʁ/ [muʊ̯.t͡ʃi.koˈloh]

• (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]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mul.ti.kuˈloɾ/ [muɫ.ti.kuˈloɾ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /mul.ti.kuˈlo.ɾi/ [muɫ.ti.kuˈlo.ɾi]

Adjective

multicolor m or f (plural multicolores)

1. multicoloured; multicolour (having multiple colours)

   Synonyms: multicolorido, multicor

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French multicolore, from Latin multicolor.

Adjective

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

1. multicolored

Declension

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	multicolor		multicoloră		multicolori	multicolore
	definite	multicolorul		multicolora		multicolorii	multicolorele
genitive- dative	indefinite	multicolor		multicolore		multicolori	multicolore
	definite	multicolorului		multicolorei		multicolorilor	multicolorelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin multicolor; see above.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

multicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural multicolores)

1. varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK)

   Synonym: policromo

Further reading

• “multicolor”, 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