technicolor
/ˈtɛk.nɪˌkʌl.ə(ɹ)/adjective, noun
technicolor is spelled T-E-C-H-N-I-C-O-L-O-R: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, technicolor means “Extremely or excessively colourful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in technicolor?
| Letters | 11: T-E-C-H-N-I-C-O-L-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 41,660th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is technicolor?
Technicolor appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 41,660th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce technicolor?
- UK /ˈtɛk.nɪˌkʌl.ə(ɹ)/
Technicolor has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of technicolor
- technicolour UK
- technicolors plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does technicolor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
USExtremely or excessively colourful.
- 2
Describing something in a technicolor model, a model that is similar to the Standard Model but lacks a scalar Higgs field.
noun
- 1
USA process of colour cinematography using synchronised monochrome films, each of a different colour, to produce a colour print.
- 2
informalVivid colour.
- 3
A collection of theories based on quantum chromodynamics
noun
- 1
A colour process for motion pictures, developed and used in the twentieth century and known for its hyperrealistic, saturated levels of colour.
filmed in Technicolor [collocation in movie credits]
adjective
- 1
Using the Technicolor process.
It was his opinion that 1946's Do You Love Me, a Technicolor musical, would go down much better with 'industrial audiences' than the 'better class' of viewer.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).