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multicolor

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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/ˌmʌltɪˈkʌlə/
CMU ARPABET: M AH2 L T IY0 K AH1 L ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

adj

Meaning 1

Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic, aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured, colorful (US) / colourful, colorific, discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US, obsolete) / discoloured, kaleidoscopic, many-coloured, multichromatic, multicolor (US) / multicolour, multicolored (US) / multicoloured, multicolorous, multihued, particolored (US) / particoloured, polychromate, polychromed, polyhued, prismatic, rainbow, rainbow-colored (US) / rainbow-coloured, tissued, variegated

Antonyms: none provided

noun

Meaning 2

A display of many colors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, uncountable

Examples

a stamp printed in multicolor

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

a jester dressed in motley
the painted desert
a particolored dress
a piebald horse
pied daisies

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: motley, calico, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multicolored, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin multicolor, equivalent to multi- + color; see below.

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Inflections and variants

multicolour — alternative, UK

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Derived: none provided

Related: colored, coloured, colorful

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