French word

bigarré

Pronunciation

IPA/bigaʁe/

Meaning

  • adjectivecolorful

Example

Elle porte une robe bigarrée.

She is wearing a colorful dress.

Illustration for bigarré (colorful)

More examples

J'ai acheté un foulard bigarré.

I bought a multicolored scarf.

Core concept

A surface covered with irregular patches of contrasting colors, with no unified pattern.

Common phrases

  • un tissu bigarré

    a multicolored fabric

  • un motif bigarré

    a multicolored pattern

  • un foulard bigarré

    a multicolored scarf

Similar words

multicolore: Featuring several different colors on the same object.
coloré: Richly and vividly colored in appearance.
tacheté: Covered with scattered spots or mottled marks.

Definition in French

Qui a des taches ou des plages de couleurs variées qui ne suivent pas un motif uniforme.

Word origin

Bigarré comes through Old French bigaré from the verb bigarrer, while the word's deeper origin remains uncertain.

Usage tips

  • Bigarré agrees in gender and number, as in une robe bigarrée and des motifs bigarrés.

Other meanings

  • mottledadjective
  • gaudyadjective
  • variegatedadjective

Opposites

  • monochromemonochromaticadjective
  • unisolid-coloredadjective

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