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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)
- monochrome
- 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
- Hyphenation: mo‧no‧cro‧mo
Adjective
monocromo (feminine monocroma, masculine plural monocromos, feminine plural monocromas)
- 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/
- Rhymes: -omo
- Syllabification: mo‧no‧cro‧mo
Adjective
monocromo (feminine monocroma, masculine plural monocromos, feminine plural monocromas)
- monochrome (having only one color)
- Synonym: monocromático
Further reading