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Definition: Multicolored |
MulticoloredAdjective1. 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. |
Date "multicolored" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references) |
Synonyms: MulticoloredSynonyms: motley (adj), multicolor (adj), multicolour (adj), multicoloured (adj), painted (adj), particolored (adj), particoloured (adj), piebald (adj), pied (adj), varicolored (adj), varicoloured (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Multicolored |
| English words defined with "multicolored": Badlands National Park, Bruce Canyon National Park ♦ coleus ♦ flame nettle ♦ motley. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "multicolored": Chromosome Painting ♦ DECORATING-MACHINE OPERATOR ♦ mud pot ♦ OFFICE COPY SELECTOR ♦ PROOFER, PREPRESS ♦ SCREEN-PRINTING-EQUIPMENT SETTER, SCREEN-PRINTING-MACHINE-OPERATOR HELPER, SECTION LEADER, SCREEN PRINTING, SLATE MIXER, STRIPING-MACHINE OPERATOR, SUPERVISOR, SCREEN PRINTING ♦ TABLE-TOP TILE SETTER ♦ WHITE-SHOE RAGGER, working second hand. (references) |
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A dinner is set up on black, gold-rimmed dishes on a black tabletop. There is a mug, a bowl of cut strawberries, and a plate full of green beans, small potatoes and roast beef. A dark multicolored napkin with gold thread is curved around the plate. See also AV-3905. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | A brown-beige-white plate sits on a sand-colored table. On the plate is cottage cheese, strawberries, kiwi fruit, cantaloupe, orange slices and rasberries. Next to the plate are 2 slices of dark bread and a multicolored napkin and a fork. There is a glass of iced tea in the background with lemon garnish. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer). | ||
![]() | The Asian multicolored lady beetle, Harmonia axyridis, is easy to identify from its false "eyes"-- twin white football-shaped markings behind the head. In color, the insects range from black to mustard, with zero to many spots. A common U.S. form is mustard to red and has 16 or more black spots. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "multicolored": motley multicolor culticolour multicolored multicoloured painted particolored particoloured piebald pied varicolored varicoloured. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
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louis multicolored vuitton | 3 |
hair multicolored | 2 |
multicolored newspaper | 2 |
multicolored | 2 |
mineral multicolored | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "multicolored"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | me ngjyra (chromatic, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, non-ferrous), shumëngjyrësh (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كثير الألوان (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, various), متعدد الألوان (fancy, motley, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, polychromatic, polychromic, varicolored, versicolored, versicoloured). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | разноцветен (motley, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), многоцветен (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, multiflorous, polychromatic, polychrome, rainbow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 多彩多姿. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mnohobarevný (multicoloured), vícebarevný (multicoloured, polychromatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | رنگارنگ (Colorful, Kaleidoscopic, Medley, Motley, Piebald, Pied, Varied). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | multicolore (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mehrfarbig (multicoloured, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, varicoloured). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | με πολλά χρώματα (multicoloured), πολύχρωμοσ (kaleidoscopic, multicoloured, pavonine). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | רב 'ו י (diversified, manifold, particolored, polychromatic, variegated), רב צבעים (multicoloured, polychromatic), סס'ו י (colourful, gorgeous, motley, multicoloured, picturesque, varicolored, variegated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tarka (brindled, calico, chequered, colorful, colourful, dappled, fancy, freaked, gaudy, laced, medley, mottled, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, piebald, pied, Pinto, polychromatic, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), sokszínû (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, polychromatic, polychrome, varicolored, varicoloured). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pancawarna. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | multicolore (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, varicolored, varicoloured), variopinto (multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured), variegato (dappled, diversified, multicoloured, streaked, variegated). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 何色搨 (multicolored printing), 多色刷り (multicolored printing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | たしょくずり (multicolored printing), な"しょくずり (multicolored printing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ulticoloredmay multicor (motley, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured), multicolorido (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured). (various references) multicolor (fancy, many-colored, many-coloured, motley, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, pied, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated). (various references) многоцветный (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, polychromatic). (various references) mnogobojan (colorful, colourful, multicoloured, polychromatic, polychrome), raznobojan (colorful, colourful, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), šaren (gay, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, painted, party-colored, party-coloured, piebald, pied, printed, skewbald, speckled, spotted, variegated). (various references) multicolor (candy-striped, many-colored, many-coloured, motley, mottled, multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, particolored, particoloured, rainbow). (various references) flerfärgstryck (multicolor process printing, multicolour process printing, multicoloured, multi-coloured, process-printing), flerfärgad (multicoloured). (various references) renk renk (motley, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), rengârenk (colorful, colourful, harlequin, lithochromatic, motley, multicoloured, parti-colored, parti-coloured, party-colored, party-coloured, splashy, varicolored, varicoloured, variegated), alacalı (dappled, harlequin, mottled, multicoloured, piebald), çok renkli (harlequin, multicoloured, polychromatic, polychrome). (various references) багатоколірний (many-colored, many-coloured, multicoloured), багатобарвний (multicolor, multicolour, multicoloured, polychromatic, polychrome, polychromic, rainbow, varicolored, varicoloured). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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"Multicolored" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: muticoloured. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "multicolored" (pronounced mu'ltēku"lerd) |
| 5 | -k u" l er d | colored, coloured, discolored. |
| 3 | -l er d | antlered, bollard, Collard, collared, hollered, mallard, pillared, Pollard, steamrollered, tailored. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-i-l-l-m-o-o-r-t-u" | |
-2 letters: multicolor. | |
-3 letters: dulcimore, outrolled, turmoiled. | |
-4 letters: clotured, cloudier, cloudlet, coeditor, collider, colluder, coloured, decolour, dolomite, dulcimer, lemuroid, lodicule, lordotic, loudlier, microdot, morticed, mouldier, outcried, telluric, trollied. | |
-5 letters: cloture, cloured, clouted, clouter, collide, collied, collier, colloid, collude, colored, columel, cordite, cormoid, couloir, coulter, courted, criollo, cullied, decolor, decorum, demotic, diluter, dilutor, dormice, ductile, eductor, illumed. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 75 6C 74 69 63 6F 6C 6F 72 65 64 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- ..- .-.. - .. -.-. --- .-.. --- .-. . -.. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01110101 01101100 01110100 01101001 01100011 01101111 01101100 01101111 01110010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M u l t i c o l o r e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0075 006C 0074 0069 0063 006F 006C 006F 0072 0065 0064 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)478778867569817881847170 |
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