policromía

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See also: policromia

Galician

Romanesque Pórtico do Paraíso, Ourense, Galicia

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many, much”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /pɔlikɾoˈmia̝/

Noun

policromía f (plural policromías)

polychromy

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “policromía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Noun

policromía f (plural policromías)

polychromy
- 2016 March, “Escultores guatemaltecos dan vida a imágenes”, in Prensa Libre‎:
  En la actualidad la policromía que le da a la mayoría de imágenes es con pintura laca por el precio y su rápido secado.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

“policromía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

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