polychrome
See also: polychromé
English
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editpolychrome (not comparable)
- Using multiple or many colours.
- Synonyms: polychromatic; multicolor, multicoloured; motley, variegated
- Coordinate terms: (0) achromatic, colorless; (1) monochrome, monochromatic, monotone, unicolor; (2) bichrome, bichromatic, dichromatic, duotone, bicolor; (3) trichrome, trichromatic, tritone, tricolor; (few or several) oligochrome, oligochromatic
- 1907, Ronald M. Burrows, The Discoveries In Crete, page 52:
- A polychrome two-handled jar with red and white streaks on a dark ground.
- Executed in the manner of polychromy.
- polychrome printing
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Noun
editpolychrome (countable and uncountable, plural polychromes)
- (countable) A piece of multicolored pottery.
- 1988, Elizabeth Hill Boone, Gordon Randolph Willey, The Southeast Classic Maya Zone: A Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks..., page 324:
- Maya influence is particularly noticeable in the decorative elements depicted on Ulua polychromes and the development of complex syntactic rules governing the organization of decorative motifs into an integrated stylistic design.
- (chemistry, uncountable) esculin (so called in allusion to its fluorescent solutions)
Verb
editpolychrome (third-person singular simple present polychromes, present participle polychroming, simple past and past participle polychromed)
- To paint or dye with multiple colours.
- To divide (a dye etc.) into multiple colours.
References
edit- “polychrome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editpolychrome (plural polychromes)
- polychrome
- multicoloured
- Synonym: multicolore
- Antonym: monochrome
- Hyponyms: bichrome, quadrichrome, trichrome
Verb
editpolychrome
- inflection of polychromer:
Further reading
edit- “polychrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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