Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polychromatic

/ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.86 in modern English

Syllables: pol-y-chro-mat-ic
IPA: /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/

27

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.

adj

Composed of more than one wavelength.

Example Sentences

"With our water goggles adjusted we gazed at the fishes displaying their polychromatic scales to the sea world, as, with true Puka-Pukan languor, they finned from coral to coral."
"As I rounded the corner nearest my hotel the Afrite coachman of the polychromatic, nonpareil coat seized me, swung open the dungeony door of his peripatetic sarcophagus, flirted his feather duster and began his ritual: […]"

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chromatic English polychromatic From poly- + chromatic.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/
British English: /ˌpɒlikɹəʊˈmætɪk/

Derived Forms

polychromatically

Phrases

polychromatic acid

Frequently Paired Words

see at polychrome

Synonyms

see at polychrome motley multicolored polyhued polychrome polychromic

Antonyms

monochromatic

Questions

How do you pronounce polychromatic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/.
What does polychromatic mean?: Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.
Where does polychromatic come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English chromatic English polychromatic From poly- + chromatic.

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