"ROYGBIV" meaning in English

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Proper name

IPA: /ɹɔɪ d͡ʒiː bɪv/ Forms: Roy G. Biv [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} ROYGBIV
  1. (mnemonic) An acronym used to remember the color sequence of the visible spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet. Tags: mnemonic Related terms: Richard of York gave battle in vain, VIBGYOR Translations (mnemonic): чажзбсф (čažzbsf) (Belarusian), ROGGBIV (Dutch), VIBUJOR (French), ROGGBIL (German), mejikuhibiniu (Indonesian), RAGVAIV (Italian), 赤橙黄緑青藍紫 (sekitōōryokuseiranshi) (Japanese), 빨주노초파남보 (ppaljunochopanambo) (Korean), roggbif (Norwegian), VLAVAAV (Portuguese), VAAVAAV (Portuguese), ROGVAIV (Romanian), ка́ждый охо́тник жела́ет зна́ть, где сиди́т фаза́н (káždyj oxótnik želájet znátʹ, gde sidít fazán) (Russian), ROGGBIV (Swedish)

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "mnemonic",
      "word": "ка́ждый охо́тник жела́ет зна́ть, где сиди́т фаза́н"
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