chroma
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Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).
Noun
[edit]chroma
- (usually in combination) Color.
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɹoʊmə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɹəʊmə/
- Rhymes: -əʊmə
- Hyphenation: chro‧ma
Noun
[edit]chroma (countable and uncountable, plural chromas)
- The colorfulness relative to the brightness of a similarly illuminated area
- The aspect of a colour's hue that depends on the amount of white or black in it; saturation
- (music) Short for chromatic semitone
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[edit]Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chroma
- Lenited form of croma.
Lower Sorbian
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[edit]Adjective
[edit]chroma
Polish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]chroma
Verb
[edit]chroma
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔma
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