polychrome
French, adjective
polychrome is spelled P-O-L-Y-C-H-R-O-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 51,956th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Polychrome is a French adjective meaning “polychrome” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of polychromer. With an accent, polychromé is a different word: “past participle of polychromer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de plusieurs couleurs ou fait avec des matières de diverses couleurs”.
What does polychrome mean in English?
adjective
- 1
polychrome
- 2
multicoloured
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
verb
- 1
past participle of polychromer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est de plusieurs couleurs ou fait avec des matières de diverses couleurs.
adjective: 1. Caractérise un objet, un tableau, une statue revêtue ou peinte de plusieurs couleurs.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of polychrome
- polychromes plural
- polychromée feminine
- polychromés masculine plural
- polychromées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to polychrome
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is polychrome in French?
polychrome appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).