Speakur

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multicolor

/ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables
mul-ti-col-or
IPA
/ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.

American usage

noun

A display of many colors.

American usage; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below.

Usage

Inflected Forms

multicolour (alternative, UK)

Synonyms

motley multicolored polychromatic aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured colorful (US) / colourful colorific discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US obsolete) / discoloured kaleidoscopic many-coloured multichromatic multicolor (US) / multicolour

Rhymes With

color colour muller duller discolor culler tuller noncolor stuller mcculler mccullar tullar

Questions

How do you pronounce multicolor?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/.
What does multicolor mean?
Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.
Where does multicolor come from?
Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below.

How to pronounce multicolor

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