multicolour

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A form of multicolor — Having, resembling, or pertaining to many colors.

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motleycalicomulticolormulti-colormulti-colourmulticoloredmulti-coloredmulticoloured
OriginEnglish colour ← Middle English multi- ← Latin multī →
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Meanings

adjective

alternative US multicolor

  1. UKalternativeAlternative form of multicolor.
nounmulticolour (uncountable)

alternative US multicolor

  1. UKalternativeuncountableAlternative form of multicolor.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly

Similar
motleycalicomulticolormulti-colormulti-colourmulticoloredmulti-coloredmulticolouredmulti-colouredpaintedparticoloredparticolouredpiebaldpiedvaricoloredvaricolouredcoloredcolouredcolorful
Also see
calicomotleymulticolormulticoloredmulti-colouredpaintedparticolouredpiebaldpiedvaricolored

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Englishcolour
  9. Englishmulticolour

From multi- + colour.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

multicolour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicolour

MLA

“multicolour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicolour. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multicolour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multicolour.

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