monochrome

From Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”); mono- +‎ -chrome.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒn.əˌkɹəʊm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑn.əˌkɹoʊm/

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monochrome (countable and uncountable, plural monochromes)

1. A black and white image, especially such a photograph.
2. (dated) A painting executed in shades of a single colour.
3. A ceramic glaze of a single colour; an object so glazed.

monochrome (not comparable)

1. Having only one colour.

   Synonyms: monochromatic; monocolor, monocoloured; monotone; unicolor, unicolored

   Coordinate term: see at polychrome

   • 2019 July 3, Filip, “LEGO Microfigures, Minifigures, and Nanofigures”, in Minifigures Blog‎^[1], archived from the original on 26 September 2021:

     They are often used as decorations, like in set 9526 Star Wars Palpatine Arrest (2012) were two pearl gold monochrome minifigures represent statues.

2. (photography) Representing colours with shades of gray.

   Synonyms: grayscale, greyscale

• monochromatic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μονόχρωμος (monókhrōmos), from μόνος (mónos, “one”) + χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”). By surface analysis, mono- +‎ chrome.

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.nɔ.kʁom/, /mɔ.no.kʁom/

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• Homophone: monochromes
• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧chrome

monochrome (plural monochromes)

1. monochrome

   Synonyms: monochromatique, unicolore

• “monochrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

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monochrome

1. inflection of monochrom:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular