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Multicolor

Definition: Multicolor

Multicolor

Adjective

1. Having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly; "a jester dressed in motley"; "the painted desert,"; "a particolored dress"; "a piebald horse"; "pied daisies".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Note: Multicolor \Mul"ti*col`or\, adjective. [See Multi-, and Color.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms: Multicolor

Synonyms: motley (adj), multicolored (adj), multicolour (adj), multicoloured (adj), painted (adj), particolored (adj), particoloured (adj), piebald (adj), pied (adj), varicolored (adj), varicoloured (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Multicolor

English words defined with "multicolor": Warrin. (references)
Specialty definitions using "multicolor": artist, woodblock, automatic-silk-screen printer ♦ block cutter ♦ contact-frame operator ♦ ENGRAVER, BLOCK, engraver, wood, engraving photographer ♦ graphic arts technician ♦ INSTANT PRINT OPERATOR ♦ offset-duplicating machine operator, instant print, OFFSET-DUPLICATING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ PHOTOENGRAVING FINISHER, PHOTOGRAPHER, PHOTOENGRAVING, plate finisher, photoengraving, press operator, instant print shop, printer, small print shop, PROOFER, PREPRESS ♦ quick print operator ♦ ROTOGRAVURE-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ SCREEN-PRINTING-MACHINE OPERATOR, STENCIL MAKER, SUPERVISOR, PRESS ROOM ♦ wet printing, wood-cut engraver, wood-type finisher. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Multicolor" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (multicolor), Portuguese (multicoloured), Romanian (fancy, many-colored, many-coloured, motley, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), Spanish (candy-striped, many-colored, many-coloured, motley, mottled, multicolor, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, rainbow).

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Commercial Usage: Multicolor

DomainTitle

Books

  • Borges En Revista Multicolor (reference)

  • Borges y la Revista multicolor de los sâabados : câomplices en la literatura y la infamia (reference)

  • Critica - Revista Multicolor 1933-1934 C/CD (reference)

  • El Multicolor Mundo De Las Plantas (reference)

  • Historia de la comida en Mâexico Amando Farga, Josâe Inâes Loredo. Mosaico multicolor del esplendor y grandeza de la gastronomâia mexicana (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Multicolor

Computer Images:
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Photo Album: Multicolor

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Comet P/Halley as taken with the Halley Multicolor Camera on the ESA mission Giotto. Credit: NASA.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Multicolor

SubjectTopicQuote

Trade

Malaysia

Prohibited imports include multicolor copying machines, any "indecent or obscene" articles and certain poisonous chemicals. (references)

Argentina

Some of the users are Sharp, Maxon, Acropolis, Canon, TDK, JVC, Audinac, Pioneer, Rates, Audio Logic, Zenith, Daewo, Talent, Goldstar, Panashiba, Nashiba, Le Roy, Carandache, Baume & Mercier, Corum, Tag Heuer, Movado, Caterpillar, Valvoline, Komatsu, Cummins, Coleman, John Deere, Home, Litte, Snapper, Asia, Kia, Isuzu, Mazda, Nissan, Case, SKF, Fag Steyr, Armstrong, Stanetex Tile, Multicolor Prem, Abco Haldex, Sigma Paximat, York, Autobombas Ford, GM, American Lafrance, Venus Carpet, Kalpakian Floget, Blue Diamond, Stronger, Yale, Skoda, Cessna, Bayer, Nike, Topper, Avia, Jovi, Canson, Stabilo, La Serenisima, Sancor, Ceres, Goodyear, Eastman, Digitar, Tecno Steel, Dallas, Cristaleria Bohemia, Heidelberg, Polar, Hempel, Crosley, Waltek, Exenel, Printex, Darling, Wega, R.N., Tecno 1, Medtronic, Akroplast, BRD, Lostra 2100 Fume, Care Quilt, Rae Flex, Zwiling, Nippon, Kaijo, Ki, Trinity, Asme, Dupont, Siderar, Sanitron, Band Ai, Alcoa, Samsonite, Daihatsu, Rhone Poulenc, Asics, Etam, Grimoldi, Boating Shoes, Sthil, Subaru, Daewoo, Cadbury de Argentina, Cafes La Virginia, Construcciones Metalurgicas Zanello, Electrolux Argentina, Ilko Argentina, Impsat, Ledesma Mattel Argentina, Multicolor Argentina, Papelera Tucuman, Pecom NEC, Philco Ushuaia, Phillips Argentina, Ralston Purina Argentina, Spazio Casa Simmons de Argentina. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Multicolor

"Multicolor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Multicolor" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words		Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%3202,518

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Multicolor

Expressions using "multicolor": motley multicolor culticolour multicolored multicoloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured ♦ multicolor process printing ♦ Trichoglossus multicolor. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Multicolor

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day		ExpressionFrequency
per Day

louis multicolor vuitton

46

multicolor led

3

louis monogram multicolor vuitton

22

multicolor paint

3

louis multicolor murakami vuitton

14

louis multicolor murakami pochette vuitton

3

multicolor

13

louis multicolor shoes vuitton

3

bag louis multicolor vuitton

11

multicolor murakami

3

handbag louis multicolor vuitton

8

louis multicolor vuitton wallet

3

louis multicolor replica vuitton

7

fabric louis multicolor vuitton

2

louis multicolor purse vuitton

6

louis mini multicolor speedy vuitton

2

monogram multicolor

5

louis multicolor pochette vuitton

2

bag louis monogram multicolor vuitton

4

multicolor replica vuitton

2

crema multicolor

4

coating multicolor

2

multicolor vuitton

4

handbag louis monogram multicolor vuitton

2

lv multicolor

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Multicolor

Language Translations for "multicolor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

me ngjyra (chromatic, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, non-ferrous), shumëngjyrësh (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كثير الألوان (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, various), ‏متعدد الألوان (fancy, motley, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, polychromatic, polychromic, varicolored, versicolored, versicoloured), ‏تعددية الألوان (multicolour). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

разноцветен (motley, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), многоцветен (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, multiflorous, polychromatic, polychrome, rainbow). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

多色 (multicolour). (various references)

   

Danish

  

kromotypi (chromotype, chromotypography, color printing, colour printing, multicolor printing, multicolour printing, typographic color printing, typographic colour printing), flexotrykpresse til flerfarvede klæbestrimler (adhesive tape multicolor flexo printing press), farvetryk (chromotype, chromotypography, color printing, colour printing, multicolor printing, multicolour printing, typographic color printing, typographic colour printing). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

meerkleuren flexodrukmachine voor plakband (adhesive tape multicolor flexo printing press), kleurenboekdruk (chromotype, chromotypography, color printing, colour printing, multicolor printing, multicolour printing, typographic color printing, typographic colour printing). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

moniväripainatus (chromotype, chromotypography, color printing, colour printing, multicolor printing, multicolour printing, typographic color printing, typographic colour printing), moniväripainanta (chromotype, chromotypography, color printing, colour printing, multicolor printing, multicolour printing, typographic color printing, typographic colour printing). (various references)

   

French

  

multicolore (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured). (various references)

   

German

  

Multicolor. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μηχανή φλεξογραφικής εκτύπωσης για πολύχρωμες αυτόματες ταινίες (adhesive tape multicolor flexo printing press). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

סס'ו יות (multicolour, picturesqueness, variegation). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

tarka (brindled, calico, chequered, colorful, colourful, dappled, fancy, freaked, gaudy, laced, medley, mottled, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, piebald, pied, Pinto, polychromatic, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), sokszínû (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, varicoloured). (various references)

   

Italian

  

multicolore (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, varicolored, varicoloured). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ulticolormay

   

Portuguese

  

multicor (motley, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured), multicolorido (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

multicolor (fancy, many-colored, many-coloured, motley, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

цветной (bandanna, chromatic, colored, coloured, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, nonferrous, non-ferrous, octoroon, painted, palettized), многоцветный (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, polychromatic). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

raznobojan (colorful, colourful, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), šaren (gay, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, party-colored, party-coloured, piebald, pied, printed, skewbald, speckled, spotted, variegated). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

multicolor (candy-striped, many-colored, many-coloured, motley, mottled, multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, rainbow). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

flerfärgstryck (multicolor process printing, multicolored, multicolour process printing, multicoloured, multi-coloured, process-printing). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

кольоровий (chromatic, multicolour, non-european, non-ferrous), багатобарвність (multicolour), багатобарвний (multicolored, multicolour, multicoloured, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, rainbow, varicolored, varicoloured). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Multicolor

Derivations

Words beginning with "multicolor": multicolored, multicolors. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Multicolor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mullticolor, multicelled, Multico, multicolours, Multitool. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Multicolor"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "multicolor" (pronounced mu'ltēku"ler)
4-k u" l ercolor, Culler, Discolor, noncolor.
3-u" l erduller, Muller.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Multicolor

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-i-l-l-m-o-o-r-t-u"

-3 letters: couloir, criollo, motoric, outroll, rollout, timolol, turmoil.

-4 letters: colour, corium, lictor, loculi, octroi, ormolu, toluic, toluol, ultimo.

-5 letters: cloot, clour, clout, color, court, culti, curio, lirot, locum, lotic, micro, molto, motor, moult, mucor, mucro, mulct, oculi, toric, trill, triol, troll, trull, tumor.

 Words containing the letters "c-i-l-l-m-o-o-r-t-u"
 

+1 letter: multicolors.

 

+2 letters: multicolored.

 

+5 letters: coulometrically.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Multicolor


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4D 75 6C 74 69 63 6F 6C 6F 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--    ..-    .-..    -    ..    -.-.    ---    .-..    ---    .-.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01110101 01101100 01110100 01101001 01100011 01101111 01101100 01101111 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#117 &#108 &#116 &#105 &#99 &#111 &#108 &#111 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0075 006C 0074 0069 0063 006F 006C 006F 0072

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

47877886756981788184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial 		5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency 		9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations 		13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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