chrome
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɹəʊm/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɹoʊm/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊm
Noun
chrome (uncountable)
- Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
- (computing, 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.
- (US, slang) handguns (collectively)
Synonyms
Derived terms
Terms derived from chrome (noun)
- bright chrome
- chrome alum
- chrome-ammonia alum
- chrome black
- chrome blue
- chrome brick
- chrome colour
- chrome diopside
- chrome dome
- chrome furnace
- chrome garnet
- chrome green
- chrome handler
- chrome ink
- chrome iron
- chrome iron ore
- chromel
- chrome leather
- chromeless
- chrome maker
- chrome-nickel steel
- chrome ocher, chrome ochre
- chrome orange
- chrome-plated
- chrome red
- chrome spinel
- chrome solid
- chrome-tanned
- chrome-tanning
- chrome tape
- chrome violet
- chrome yellow
- chromic
- chromite
- chromous
- ferrochrome
- hard chrome
- mercurochrome
- Nichrome
- lemon chrome
- orange chrome
- zinc chrome
Related terms
Terms etymologically related to chrome (noun)
Verb
chrome (third-person singular simple present chromes, present participle chroming, simple past and past participle chromed)
- To plate with chrome.
- To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.
Synonyms
Translations
Further reading
- chrome at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁom/
audio (file)
Noun
chrome m (uncountable)
Related terms
Descendants
- Lingala: kolomo
Further reading
- “chrome” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈxrɔmɛ/, [ˈxrɔmə]
Adjective
chrome
- inflection of chromy:
- nominative and accusative singular neuter
- nominative and accusative plural
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