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English
Adjective
bicolor (not comparable)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour
Noun
bicolor (plural bicolors)
- (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From bis (“twice”) + color (“color, hue”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
bicolor (genitive bicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective
- Of two colors or having two colors, two-colored.
- Synonym: dichrōus
Declension
Third-declension one-termination adjective.
Descendants
References
- “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
Adjective
bicolor m or f (plural bicolores)
- bicolor
Further reading
- “bicolor”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “bicolor”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2024
- “bicolor” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “bicolor”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “bicolor”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
- “bicolor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French bicolore, from Latin.
Adjective
bicolor m or n (feminine singular bicoloră, masculine plural bicolori, feminine and neuter plural bicolore)
- bicolor
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bikoˈloɾ/
- Rhymes: -oɾ
- Syllabification: bi‧co‧lor
Adjective
bicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicolores)
- bicolour (having two colors)
Further reading