different between technicoloured vs technicolor

English

Etymology

From technicolored, with the spelling revised to accord with British English coloured.

Adjective

technicoloured (comparative more technicoloured, superlative most technicoloured)

1. Britain spelling of technicolored

English

Alternative forms

• technicolour (British spelling)

Etymology

From Technicolor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?k.n??k?l.?(?)/
• Homophone: Technicolor

Noun

technicolor (plural technicolors)

1. (American spelling) A process of colour cinematography using synchronised monochrome films, each of a different colour, to produce a colour print.
2. (informal) Vivid colour.
3. (physics) A collection of theories based on quantum chromodynamics

Adjective

technicolor (not comparable)

1. (American spelling) Extremely or excessively colourful.
2. (physics) Describing something in a technicolor model, a model that is similar to the Standard model but lacks a scalar Higgs field.

Usage notes

• Some use the British English spelling of colour to give technicolour, but this might be considered incorrect as the word comes from a trademark spelt without the "u". However, the Oxford Dictionary shows both spellings.
• Perhaps the most common use of this word is in the title of the popular musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

Related terms

• Technicolor yawn
• technicolored/technicoloured

See also

• technicolor on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• holocentric