different between chrome vs chromo

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chrome.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k???m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?o?m/
• Rhymes: -??m

Noun

chrome (usually uncountable, plural chromes)

1. Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
2. (graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
3. (US, slang, collective) handguns

Derived terms

Related terms

Verb

chrome (third-person singular simple present chromes, present participle chroming, simple past and past participle chromed)

1. (transitive) To plate with chrome.
2. (transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

Synonyms

• chromium-plate

Translations

Further reading

• chrome at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• chomer

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????? (khrôma, “color”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?om/

Noun

chrome m (uncountable)

1. chromium

Related terms

• chromage
• chromate
• chromer
• chromeux
• chromique
• jaune de chrome
• nickel chrome
• vert de chrome

Descendants

• Lingala: kolomo

Further reading

• “chrome” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chômer

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xr?m?/, [?xr?m?]

Adjective

chrome

1. inflection of chromy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k???m??/

Etymology 1

Shortened from chromolithograph.

Noun

chromo (plural chromos)

1. (chiefly historical) A color print produced by chromolithography.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

chromo (plural chromos)

1. (chiefly Australia) A prostitute.
   • 1970, John Glassco, Memoirs of Montparnasse, New York 2007, p. 81:

     That dried-up lady snob lived behind lace curtains all her life. She's of no more importance than a chromo.

Etymology 3

Shortened from chromodomain.

Adjective

chromo (not comparable)

1. (genetics) Of or relating to the chromodomain, a protein structural domain associated with chromatin production