"prismatic" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹɪzˈmætɪk/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-prismatic.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more prismatic [comparative], most prismatic [superlative], prismatick [alternative]
Rhymes: -ætɪk Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσματος (prísmatos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French prismatiquebor. English prismatic Borrowed from French prismatique. Equivalent to prism + -atic. Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:bor|fr:prismatique|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek πρῑ́ω (prī́ō) Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Ancient Greek -μᾰ (-mă) Ancient Greek πρίσματος (prísmatos) Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -ique Middle French -ique French -ique French prismatiquebor. English prismatic [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "πρίσματος", "gloss" : "prism", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "to saw; to cut", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρῑ́ω", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-mn̥", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "-μᾰ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "πρίσμα", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" }, { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "adjectival suffix", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "-ic", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-ikos", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-ikos", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-icus", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "-ique", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "-ique", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "French", "term" : "prismatique", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fr" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "prismatic", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="prismatic"> Borrowed from French prismatique., {{suf|en|prism|atic}} prism + -atic Head templates: {{en-adj}} prismatic (comparative more prismatic, superlative most prismatic)
  1. Of or pertaining to a prism; having the form of a prism; containing one or more prisms. Translations (of or pertaining to a prism): призматичен (prizmatičen) (Bulgarian), prismàtic (Catalan), prismamainen (Finnish), prismaattinen (Finnish), prismatique (French), prismático [masculine] (Galician), prismatisch (German), prismenförmig (German), prismenartig (German), πρισματικός (prismatikós) (Greek), prismatico (Italian), prismatisk (Norwegian Bokmål), prismatisk (Norwegian Nynorsk), pryzmatyczny (Polish), prismático (Portuguese), prismatic (Romanian), prismático (Spanish), binalimbing (Tagalog), prizmatik (Turkish)
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  2. Separated or distributed by, or as if by, a transparent prism; formed by a prism; varied or brilliant in color. Synonyms (varied in color): motley Translations (separated or distributed by a prism): prismatico (Italian), binalimbing (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-prismatic-en-adj-e5cS2Aja Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -atic Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -atic: 54 46 Disambiguation of 'varied in color': 1 99 Disambiguation of 'separated or distributed by a prism': 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: multicolored, polychromatic

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
      "word": "πρισματικός"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
      "word": "prismatico"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
      "word": "prismatic"
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
      "word": "binalimbing"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "of or pertaining to a prism",
      "word": "prizmatik"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "separated or distributed by a prism",
      "word": "prismatico"
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}

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