bicolor

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English

Adjective

bicolor (not comparable)

  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour.

Derived terms

Noun

bicolor (plural bicolors)

  1. (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour.

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From bis (“twice”) + color (“color, hue”).

Pronunciation

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

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Short, Emma, George, Alex (2013) A Primer of Botanical Latin with Vocabulary, Cambridge University Press, page 24

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

 
 

  • Hyphenation: bi‧co‧lor

Adjective

bicolor m or f (plural bicolores)

  1. bicolor

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicolore, from Latin.

Adjective

bicolor m or n (feminine singular bicoloră, masculine plural bicolori, feminine and 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

From Latin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bikoˈloɾ/
  • Rhymes: -oɾ
  • Syllabification: bi‧co‧lor

Adjective

bicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicolores)

  1. bicolour (having two colors)

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