chrome

See also: chromé and -chrome

Contents

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chrome.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹəʊm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹoʊm/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊm

Noun

chrome (usually uncountable, plural chromes)

1. Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
2. (computing, graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
3. (US, slang) handguns (collectively)

Synonyms

• chromium

Derived terms

Terms derived from chrome (noun)

• bright chrome
• chrome alum
• chrome-ammonia alum
• chrome black
• chrome blue
• chrome brick
• chrome colour
• chrome diopside
• chrome dome
• chrome furnace
• chrome garnet
• chrome green
• chrome handler
• chrome ink

• chrome iron
• chrome iron ore
• chromel
• chrome leather
• chromeless
• chrome maker
• chrome-nickel steel
• chrome ocher, chrome ochre
• chrome orange
• chrome-plated
• chrome red
• chrome spinel
• chrome solid
• chrome-tanned

• chrome-tanning
• chrome tape
• chrome violet
• chrome yellow
• chromic
• chromite
• chromous
• ferrochrome
• hard chrome
• mercurochrome
• Nichrome
• lemon chrome
• orange chrome
• zinc chrome

Related terms

Terms etymologically related to chrome (noun)

• chromidium

• chromium

Verb

chrome (third-person singular simple present chromes, present participle chroming, simple past and past participle chromed)

1. (transitive) To plate with chrome.
2. (transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

Synonyms

• chromium-plate

Translations

to plate with chrome

• Dutch: verchromen (nl)
• Finnish: kromata (fi)
• French: chromer (fr)
• German: verchromen (de)
• Italian: cromare (it)

• Polish: chromować (pl) impf, pochromować pf
• Portuguese: cromar (pt)
• Russian: хроми́ровать (ru) impf or pf (xromírovatʹ)
• Spanish: cromar (es)

Further reading

• chrome at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• chomer

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French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁom/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

chrome m (uncountable)

1. chromium

Related terms

• chromage
• chromate
• chromer
• chromeux
• chromique
• jaune de chrome
• nickel chrome
• vert de chrome

Descendants

• Lingala: kolomo

Further reading

• “chrome” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chômer

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxrɔmɛ/, [ˈxrɔmə]

Adjective

chrome

1. inflection of chromy:
   1. nominative and accusative singular neuter
   2. nominative and accusative plural