Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multicolour

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-colour
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of multicolor.

British usage

noun

Alternative form of multicolor.

British usage; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English colour English multicolour From multi- + colour.

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

multicolor (alternative, US)

Synonyms

motley calico multicolor multi-color multi-colour multicolored multi-colored multicoloured multi-coloured painted particolored particoloured

Questions

What does multicolour mean?: Alternative form of multicolor.
Where does multicolour come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English colour English multicolour From multi- + colour.

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