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Meaning 1
color
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
chromo-
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Pronunciation
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General-American: /kɹoʊmoʊ-/
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General-American: /kɹoʊmə-/
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Meaning 2
chromium
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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Meaning 3
color; property of quarks and gluons that is related to the particles' strong interactions in the theory of quantum chromodynamics
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Qualifier: quantum chromodynamics
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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Meaning 4
chromatin
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *khrṓwmə Ancient Greek χρῶμᾰ (khrômă) English chromo- From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Hungarian: kromo- — color
- Persian: فام (fâm-) — color
- Polish: chromo- — color
- Polish: chromato- — color
- Portuguese: cromo- — color