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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύχρωμος (polúkhrōmos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poˈli.kro.mo/, /po.liˈkrɔ.mo/
- Rhymes: -ikromo, -ɔmo
- Hyphenation: po‧lì‧cro‧mo, po‧li‧crò‧mo
Adjective
policromo (feminine policroma, masculine plural policromi, feminine plural policrome)
- polychrome
- varicoloured/varicolored
- Synonyms: multicolore, variopinto
- Antonym: monocromatico
Further reading
- policromo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- policromo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- policromo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- policromo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- policromo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- policromo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
From Ancient Greek πολύχρωμος (polúkhrōmos).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: po‧li‧cro‧mo
Adjective
policromo (feminine policroma, masculine plural policromos, feminine plural policromas, not comparable)
- varicolored
- Antonym: monocromo
Further reading
- “policromo”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “policromo”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
- “policromo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “policromo”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “policromo”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “policromo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύχρωμος (polúkhrōmos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poliˈkɾomo/
- Rhymes: -omo
- Syllabification: po‧li‧cro‧mo
Adjective
policromo (feminine policroma, masculine plural policromos, feminine plural policromas)
- varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK)
- Synonym: multicolor
Verb
policromo
- first-person singular present indicative of policromar
Further reading