Standard Lemma guide

multicolored

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈmʌltɪˌkʌlɚd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmʌltɪˌkʌləd/
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  • CMU ARPABET: M AH2 L T IY0 K AH1 L ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Having multiple colors.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

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, multicolor, multi-color, multicolour, multi-colour, multi-colored, multicoloured, multi-coloured, painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied, varicolored, varicoloured

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- English colored English multicolored From multi- + colored.

Across languages

Translations

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ቡራቡሬ (burabure) — having multiple colors
  • Armenian: բազմերանգ (bazmerang) — having multiple colors
  • Armenian: բազմագույն (bazmaguyn) — having multiple colors
  • Armenian: գույնզգույն (guynzguyn) — having multiple colors
  • Bulgarian: многоцветен (mnogocveten) — having multiple colors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斑斕 /斑斓 (bānlán) — having multiple colors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五顏六色 /五颜六色 (wǔyánliùsè) — having multiple colors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 多色 (duōsè) — having multiple colors
  • Chinese Mandarin: 五彩 (wǔcǎi) — having multiple colors
  • Danish: flerfarvet — having multiple colors
  • Dutch: bont — having multiple colors
  • Dutch: bonte — having multiple colors
  • Dutch: veelkleurig — having multiple colors
  • Dutch: veelkleurige — having multiple colors
  • Dutch: meerkleurig — having multiple colors
  • Esperanto: multkolora — having multiple colors
  • Esperanto: bunta — having multiple colors
  • Finnish: monivärinen — having multiple colors
  • French: multicolore — having multiple colors
  • Galician: multicolor — having multiple colors
  • Galician: pégaro — having multiple colors
  • Georgian: ჭრელი (č̣reli) — having multiple colors
  • Georgian: ფერადი (peradi) — having multiple colors
  • German: bunt — having multiple colors
  • German: vielfarbig — having multiple colors
  • German: mehrfarbig — having multiple colors
  • Greek: πολύχρωμος (polýchromos) — having multiple colors
  • Ancient Greek: ποικίλος (poikílos) — having multiple colors
  • Ancient Greek: πολύχροος (polúkhroos) — having multiple colors
  • Ancient Greek: πολύχρωμος (polúkhrōmos) — having multiple colors
  • Hebrew: רַב־צִבְעִי (ráv-tsiv'í) — having multiple colors
  • Hindi: बहुरंगी (bahuraṅgī) — having multiple colors
  • Hungarian: tarka — having multiple colors
  • Hungarian: sokszínű — having multiple colors
  • Irish: dathannach — having multiple colors
  • Irish: ildathach — having multiple colors
  • Italian: multicolore — having multiple colors
  • Japanese: 多色の (tashoku no) — having multiple colors
  • Japanese: 多彩な (tasai na) — having multiple colors
  • Latin: multicolor — having multiple colors
  • Malay: pancawarna — having multiple colors
  • Manx: yl-daahagh — having multiple colors
  • Māori: kanorau — having multiple colors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flerfarget — having multiple colors
  • Norwegian Bokmål: flerfarga — having multiple colors
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fleirfarga — having multiple colors
  • Pannonian Rusyn: вецейфарбови (vecejfarbovi) — having multiple colors
  • Persian: چند رنگ — having multiple colors
  • Persian: رنگارنگ — having multiple colors
  • Plautdietsch: bunt — having multiple colors
  • Polish: różnobarwny — having multiple colors
  • Polish: wielokolorowy — having multiple colors
  • Polish: wielobarwny — having multiple colors
  • Polish: różnokolorowy — having multiple colors
  • Portuguese: multicor — having multiple colors
  • Portuguese: multicolor — having multiple colors
  • Portuguese: multicolorido — having multiple colors
  • Quechua: ñawra — having multiple colors
  • Quechua: pillqu — having multiple colors
  • Romanian: multicolor — having multiple colors
  • Russian: многоцве́тный (mnogocvétnyj) — having multiple colors
  • Russian: многокра́сочный (mnogokrásočnyj) — having multiple colors
  • Russian: разноцве́тный (raznocvétnyj) — having multiple colors
  • Russian: пёстрый (pjóstryj) — having multiple colors
  • Sanskrit: बहुवर्णीयः (bahuvarṇīyaḥ) — having multiple colors
  • Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach — having multiple colors
  • Spanish: multicolor — having multiple colors
  • Spanish: variopinto — having multiple colors
  • Swedish: flerfärgad — having multiple colors
  • Swedish: mångfärgad — having multiple colors
  • Tagalog: tulik — having multiple colors
  • Turkish: ala — having multiple colors
  • Welsh: amryliw — having multiple colors
  • Zazaki: rengareng — having multiple colors