Calico — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

coarse cloth with a bright print

made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈælɪkˌoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌantɪdɪfθˈɜːɹiəɹ/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌantɪdɪfθˈɜːɹiəɹ/

3 syllables Say it as /kˈælɪkˌoʊ/.

Examples

calico dresses
a calico cat
a jester dressed in motley

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

particoloured multicolour multicolor varicoloured varicolored multicoloured multi-color pied multi-coloured piebald multi-colour multicolored painted particolored multi-colored motley

Parts of Speech

noun	coarse cloth with a bright print
adjective	made of calico or resembling calico in being patterned “calico dresses”
adjective	having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly “a jester dressed in motley”

Word Forms

calico	adjective	having sections or patches colored differently and usually brightly
motley	noun	a garment made of motley (especially a court jester's costume)
calico	noun	coarse cloth with a bright print

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Kattun

grober Stoff mit hellem Aufdruck

🇫🇷French

calicot

tissu grossier avec un imprimé brillant

🇪🇸Spanish

calicó

tela gruesa con un estampado brillante

🇮🇹Italian

calicò

panno ruvido con una stampa brillante

🇵🇹Portuguese

chita

pano grosso com estampa brilhante

🇷🇺Russian

бязь

грубая ткань с ярким принтом

India

🇮🇳Hindi

केलिको

चमकीले प्रिंट वाला मोटा कपड़ा

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্যালিকো

একটি উজ্জ্বল প্রিন্ট সঙ্গে মোটা কাপড়

🇮🇳Tamil

காலிகோ

ஒரு பிரகாசமான அச்சுடன் கரடுமுரடான துணி

🇮🇳Telugu

కాలికో

ప్రకాశవంతమైన ముద్రణతో ముతక వస్త్రం

🇮🇳Marathi

कॅलिको

चमकदार प्रिंटसह खडबडीत कापड

🇮🇳Gujarati

કેલિકો

તેજસ્વી પ્રિન્ટ સાથે બરછટ કાપડ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಯಾಲಿಕೊ

ಪ್ರಕಾಶಮಾನವಾದ ಮುದ್ರಣದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಒರಟಾದ ಬಟ್ಟೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കാലിക്കോ

ശോഭയുള്ള പ്രിൻ്റ് ഉള്ള പരുക്കൻ തുണി

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕੈਲੀਕੋ

ਇੱਕ ਚਮਕਦਾਰ ਪ੍ਰਿੰਟ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਮੋਟੇ ਕੱਪੜੇ

🇵🇰Urdu

کیلیکو

ایک روشن پرنٹ کے ساتھ موٹے کپڑے

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

印花布

带有明亮印花的粗布

🇯🇵Japanese

キャリコ

明るいプリントの粗い布

🇰🇷Korean

옥양목

밝은 무늬가 있는 거친 천

🇻🇳Vietnamese

vải hoa

vải thô có in sáng

🇹🇭Thai

ผ้าดิบ

ผ้าหยาบพิมพ์ลายสดใส

🇮🇩Indonesian

belacu

kain kasar dengan cetakan cerah

🇲🇾Malay

belacu

kain kasar dengan cetakan cerah

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كاليكو

قطعة قماش خشنة ذات طباعة زاهية

🇮🇷Persian

چلوار

پارچه درشت با چاپ روشن

🇹🇷Turkish

patiska

parlak baskılı kaba kumaş

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The primary meaning of 'calico' is 'coarse cloth with a bright print'.

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