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multicoloured

/ˌmʌltiˈkʌləd/adjective

उच्चारण मल्टिकलड

बहुरंगी, रंग-बिरंगा

Core word

adjective
  1. 1

    having many colours

    बहुरंगी, रंग-बिरंगा

    • The streets were full of multicoloured kites on Makar Sankranti.
    • She wore a multicoloured dupatta.
    • A multicoloured rangoli decorated the doorway.
    + 2 more examples
    • The parrot had multicoloured feathers.
    • Children threw multicoloured powder during Holi.

    Synonyms colourful many-coloured variegated

    Opposite plain monochrome

§Structures (grammar patterns) 4

multicoloured + noun

Multicoloured describes something that has many different colours. British English uses the -our spelling; American English is multicolored.

Multicoloured उस वस्तु का वर्णन करता है जिसमें कई रंग हों। ब्रिटिश अंग्रेज़ी में -our वर्तनी है; अमेरिकी अंग्रेज़ी में multicolored लिखा जाता है।

  • Children flew multicoloured kites on Makar Sankranti.
  • A multicoloured umbrella stood out in the grey rain.

be multicoloured

After be or look, the adjective tells us what the thing looks like.

Be या look के बाद यह adjective बताता है कि वस्तु कैसी दिखती है।

  • The parrot's feathers were multicoloured.
  • The rangoli looked multicoloured in the lamplight.

multicoloured vs colourful

Multicoloured means actually many separate colours on one thing; colourful is wider and can also mean lively or interesting, as in a colourful life.

Multicoloured का अर्थ एक ही वस्तु पर अनेक अलग रंग हैं; colourful अधिक व्यापक है और जीवंत या रोचक के अर्थ में भी आता है, जैसे a colourful life।

  • A multicoloured shawl is colourful, but a colourful speech is lively.

multi-coloured spelling

Both multicoloured and multi-coloured appear; the one-word form is more common in modern British writing.

Multicoloured और multi-coloured दोनों दिखते हैं; आधुनिक ब्रिटिश लेखन में एक शब्द वाला रूप अधिक प्रचलित है।

  • The shop sold multi-coloured bangles of glass.
+Collocations 4

multicoloured + noun

multicoloured kitemulticoloured lightsmulticoloured clothmulticoloured birdmulticoloured sweater

  • Multicoloured lights decorated the temple at Diwali.

festival and craft

multicoloured rangolimulticoloured turbanmulticoloured banglesmulticoloured flags

  • A multicoloured turban is part of the Rajasthani dress.

adverb + multicoloured

brightlywonderfullyrichlygloriouslybeautifully

  • The market was filled with brightly multicoloured scarves.

nature

multicoloured butterfliesmulticoloured fishmulticoloured rainbowmulticoloured flowers

  • Multicoloured butterflies hovered over the garden.
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  • The multicoloured rangoli took Radhika three hours to complete.

बहुरंगी रंगोली को पूरा करने में राधिका को तीन घंटे लगे।

  • She wore a multicoloured dupatta with her plain white kurta.

उसने अपने सादे सफ़ेद कुर्ते के साथ बहुरंगी दुपट्टा पहना था।

  • The fair was full of multicoloured balloons and lanterns.

मेला बहुरंगी गुब्बारों और लालटेनों से भरा था।

  • Holi turned the street into a multicoloured carpet of powder.

होली ने गली को रंग-बिरंगे गुलाल की चादर बना दिया।

  • A multicoloured fish swam past the glass of the aquarium.

एक बहुरंगी मछली aquarium के काँच के पास से तैर गई।

!Common mistakes 1

✗ The kites were multi coloured and looked beautiful in the sky.

✓ The kites were multicoloured and looked beautiful in the sky.

Write the compound as one word or with a hyphen, not as two separate words.

इस मिश्र शब्द को एक शब्द या hyphen के साथ लिखें, दो अलग शब्दों में नहीं।