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Having only one colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monochromatic, monocolor, monocoloured, monotone, unicolor, unicolored
Antonyms: none provided
Representing colours with shades of gray.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grayscale, greyscale
Antonyms: none provided
A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having or appearing to have only one color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: monochromatic, monochromic, monochromous
Antonyms: none provided
a black-and-white photograph or slide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: black and white
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photograph, photo, exposure, picture, pic
painting done in a range of tones of a single color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: painting, picture
From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- + -chrome.
Across languages
Translations
76 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
միագույն
(miaguyn)
— having only one colour
Bulgarian :
едноцветен
(ednocveten)
— having only one colour
Catalan :
monocrom
— having only one colour
Catalan :
monocromàtic
— having only one colour
Danish :
monokromatisk
— having only one colour
Danish :
ensfarvet
— having only one colour
Estonian :
monokroomne
— having only one colour
Finnish :
yksivärinen
— having only one colour
French :
monochrome
— having only one colour
French :
monocolore
— having only one colour
French :
unicolore
— having only one colour
Galician :
monocolor
— having only one colour
Galician :
monocor
— having only one colour
Galician :
monocromo
— having only one colour
Galician :
unicor
— having only one colour
Galician :
unicolor
— having only one colour
German :
einfarbig
— having only one colour
German :
monochrom
— having only one colour
Hebrew :
מונוכרומטי
— having only one colour
Icelandic :
einlitur
— having only one colour
Irish :
monacrómatach
— having only one colour
Italian :
monocolore
— having only one colour
Italian :
monocromo
— having only one colour
Italian :
unicolore
— having only one colour
Japanese :
単色
(tanshoku)
— having only one colour
Malay :
ekawarna
— having only one colour
Manx :
undaahagh
— having only one colour
Māori :
taetahi
— having only one colour
Norwegian :
ensfarget
— having only one colour
Persian :
تکفام
(takfâm)
— having only one colour
Polish :
monochromatyczny
— having only one colour
Polish :
jednobarwny
— having only one colour
Portuguese :
monocolor
— having only one colour
Portuguese :
monocromático
— having only one colour
Portuguese :
monocromo
— having only one colour
Portuguese :
unicolor
— having only one colour
Romanian :
monocrom
— having only one colour
Romanian :
monocromatic
— having only one colour
Russian :
монохро́мный
(monoxrómnyj)
— having only one colour
Russian :
чёрно-белый
(čórno-belyj)
— having only one colour
Russian :
одноцветный
(odnocvetnyj)
— having only one colour
Spanish :
monocolor
— having only one colour
Spanish :
monocromático
— having only one colour
Spanish :
monocromo
— having only one colour
Spanish :
unicolor
— having only one colour
Swedish :
monokrom
— having only one colour
Tagalog :
sangkulayin
— having only one colour
Armenian :
սեւ-սպիտակ
(sew-spitak)
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Finnish :
mustavalkoinen
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Japanese :
単色
(tanshoku)
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Manx :
undaahagh
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Norwegian :
monokromatisk
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Norwegian :
svarthvit
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Polish :
czarno-biały
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Romanian :
monocrom
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Russian :
чёрно-белый
(čórno-belyj)
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Spanish :
blanco y negro
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Spanish :
en blanco y negro
— of a photograph, representing colours with shades of gray
Finnish :
mustavalkokuva
— black and white image
Finnish :
harmaasävykuva
— black and white image
German :
Schwarzweißbild
— black and white image
German :
Schwarzweißfotografie
— black and white image
Japanese :
モノクローム
(monokurōmu)
— black and white image
Manx :
undaah
— black and white image
Norwegian :
monokrom
— black and white image
Norwegian :
svarthvittbilde
— black and white image
Polish :
czarno-biała fotografia
— black and white image
Russian :
чёрно-белое изображе́ние
(čórno-beloje izobražénije)
— black and white image
Spanish :
imagen monocromática
— black and white image
Spanish :
imagen en blanco y negro
— black and white image
Welsh :
unlliw
— black and white image
Finnish :
kameepiirros
— painting executed in shades of a single colour
Finnish :
monokromaattinen maalaus
— painting executed in shades of a single colour
Polish :
monochrom
— painting executed in shades of a single colour
Russian :
однокрасочное изображе́ние
(odnokrasočnoje)
— painting executed in shades of a single colour
Spanish :
pintura monocromática
— painting executed in shades of a single colour