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单词 -chromy
释义

-chromycomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. monochromy n.
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French -chromie.
Etymology: < French -chromie (in e.g. lithochromie lithochromy n., polychromy polychromy n.) < ancient Greek χρῶμα colour (see chrome n.) + French -ie -y suffix3. Compare German -chromie (in e.g. Lithochromie lithochromy n.). Compare -chromism comb. form. Compare also -chrome comb. form and -chromic comb. form.Found in borrowings or adaptations of French words from at least the first half of the 19th cent. (e.g. metallochromy n.); independent formations are apparently found from the mid 19th cent. (e.g. polychromy n.).
Forming nouns denoting processes, properties, or phenomena relating to colour, frequently corresponding to adjectives in -chromic comb. form. Cf. -chromism comb. form.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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