bicolor

English

Adjective

bicolor (not comparable)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour

Noun

bicolor (plural bicolors)

1. (American spelling) Alternative form of bicolour

Anagrams

• brocoli

Latin

Alternative forms

• bicolōrus

Etymology

From bis (“twice”) + color (“color, hue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ko.lor/, [ˈbɪkɔɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ko.lor/, [ˈbiːkolor]

Adjective

bicolor (genitive bicolōris); third-declension one-termination adjective

1. Of two colors or having two colors, two-colored.

   Synonym: dichrōus

Declension

Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	bicolor			bicolōrēs	bicolōria
Genitive	bicolōris			bicolōrium
Dative	bicolōrī			bicolōribus
Accusative	bicolōrem	bicolor		bicolōrēs	bicolōria
Ablative	bicolōrī			bicolōribus
Vocative	bicolor			bicolōrēs	bicolōria

Descendants

• → English: bicolour
• French: bicolore
  • → Romanian: bicolor
• Italian: bicolore
• Portuguese: bicolor
• Spanish: bicolor

References

• “bicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “bicolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• bicolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin bicolōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloʁ/ [bi.koˈloh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloʁ/ [bi.koˈloh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloʁ/ [bi.koˈloχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /bi.koˈloɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.kuˈloɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.kuˈloɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bi.kuˈlo.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: bi‧co‧lor

Adjective

bicolor m or f (plural bicolores)

1. bicolor

Further reading

• “bicolor” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “bicolor” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “bicolor” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “bicolor” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “bicolor” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “bicolor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French bicolore, from Latin.

Adjective

bicolor m or n (feminine singular bicoloră, masculine plural bicolori, feminine and neuter plural bicolore)

1. bicolor

Declension

Declension of bicolor

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	bicolor		bicoloră	bicolori	bicolore
	definite	bicolorul		bicolora	bicolorii	bicolorele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	bicolor		bicolore	bicolori	bicolore
	definite	bicolorului		bicolorei	bicolorilor	bicolorelor

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bikoˈloɾ/ [bi.koˈloɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: bi‧co‧lor

Adjective

bicolor m or f (masculine and feminine plural bicolores)

1. bicolour (having two colors)

Further reading

• “bicolor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014