policromo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύχρωμος (polúkhrōmos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈli.kro.mo/, /po.liˈkrɔ.mo/
• Rhymes: -ikromo, -ɔmo
• Hyphenation: po‧lì‧cro‧mo, po‧li‧crò‧mo

Adjective

policromo (feminine policroma, masculine plural policromi, feminine plural policrome)

1. polychrome
2. varicoloured/varicolored

   Synonyms: multicolore, variopinto

   Antonym: monocromatico

Related terms

• policromia

Further reading

• policromo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• policromo in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• policromo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• policromo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• policromo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• policromo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Portuguese

Etymology

From Ancient Greek πολύχρωμος (polúkhrōmos).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈkɾõ.mu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈkɾõ.mu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈkɾo.mo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌpɔ.liˈkɾɔ.mu/

• Hyphenation: po‧li‧cro‧mo

Adjective

policromo (feminine policroma, masculine plural policromos, feminine plural policromas, not comparable)

1. varicolored

   Antonym: monocromo

Further reading

• “policromo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “policromo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “policromo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “policromo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “policromo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “policromo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πολύχρωμος (polúkhrōmos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poliˈkɾomo/ [po.liˈkɾo.mo]
• Rhymes: -omo
• Syllabification: po‧li‧cro‧mo

Adjective

policromo (feminine policroma, masculine plural policromos, feminine plural policromas)

1. varicolored (US), varicoloured (UK)

   Synonym: multicolor

Verb

policromo

1. first-person singular present indicative of policromar

Further reading

• “policromo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014