polychromatic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌpɒlikɹəʊˈmætɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˌpɑlikɹəˈmætɪk/ (General-American)
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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Showing a variety, or a change, of colours; having many colours.
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.
1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 76: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: […]
1910, O. Henry [pseudonym; William Sydney Porter], “(please specify the story)”, in Strictly Business: More Stories of the Four Million, New York, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC:
- (not-comparable, of electromagnetic radiation) Composed of more than one wavelength.
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Deriveds
polychromatically · polychromatic acid
Synonyms
motley (having many colours) · polyhued · see at polychrome · multicolored
Translations (14)
de vielfarbig (showing a variety of colours) · ca policrom (showing a variety of colours) · es policromo (showing a variety of colours) · pt policromo (showing a variety of colours) · ga polacrómatach (showing a variety of colours) · de bunt (showing a variety of colours) · pt policromático (showing a variety of colours) · de farbig (showing a variety of colours) · gv yl-daahagh (showing a variety of colours) · ca policromàtic (showing a variety of colours) · de polychrom (showing a variety of colours) · tr çok renkli (showing a variety of colours) · ro policromatic (showing a variety of colours) · tl damkulayin (showing a variety of colours)