Definition
Made of, covered with, or resembling calico; having a pattern like calico fabric, especially with multiple colors or a patchwork appearance.
Etymology
From calico (from Calicut, India, where the fabric originated) plus the suffix -ed meaning 'made of' or 'having the quality of.' Calico itself traveled from Sanskrit through Persian and Arabic to European languages.
Kelly Says
Calico cats aren't named after the place—they're named after calico fabric because their multi-colored patches look exactly like patchwork cloth, and the word originally comes from a port city in India!
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ካሊኮ ተሰራ
kali-ko tesera
ARالعربية
مطبوع بالقطيفة
matbūʿ bil-qaṭīfah
BNবাংলা
ক্যালিকো করা
ka-li-ko-kora
CACatalà
calicot
kali-kot
CSČeština
kalikovaný
kali-ko-va-nyy
DEDeutsch
kalikotiert
kali-koh-tee-ert
ELΕλληνικά
καλικοποιημένος
kali-ko-poi-men-os
ESEspañol
calicado
kali-kah-doh
FAفارسی
به رنگ کالیکو
beh rang kali-ko
FISuomi
kalikoitu
kali-koi-too
FRFrançais
calicoté
kali-koh-tay
GUGU
કેલિકો કરેલ
ke-li-ko kare-l
HAHA
an calico
an kali-ko
HEעברית
משובץ
mi-sho-vetz
HIहिन्दी
कैलीको किया हुआ
kaili-koh kee-ya hoo-a
HUMagyar
kalikozott
kali-ko-zott
IDBahasa Indonesia
dicat dengan motif
di-kat dengan mo-tif
IGIG
akpụ calico
ak-pu kali-ko
ITItaliano
calicato
kali-kah-toh
KKKK
каликоланды
kali-ko-lan-dy
KMKM
លាក់ calico
laak kali-ko
KO한국어
캘리코 처리
kealliko cheori
MRMR
कॅलिको केलेले
ka-li-ko ke-le-le
MSBahasa Melayu
bercorak calico
ber-ko-rak kali-ko
MYမြန်မာ
ကာလီကော ပြုလုပ်ထား
ka-li-ko pru-lu-pht-ha-ra
NLNederlands
gecalliceerd
ge-kali-seerd
PAPA
ਕੈਲੀਕੋ ਕੀਤਾ
kai-li-ko kee-ta
PLPolski
kalikowany
kali-ko-va-nyy
PTPortuguês
calicado
kali-kah-doh
RORomână
calicotat
kali-koh-tat
RUРусский
каликованный
kali-ko-van-nyy
SVSvenska
kalikod
kali-kod
SWKiswahili
katika calico
ka-ti-ka kali-ko
TAதமிழ்
கலிகோ செய்யப்பட்ட
kali-ko-sey-ya-patta
TEతెలుగు
కలీకొనుట
kali-konu-tu
TLTL
nakaliko
na-kali-koh
TRTürkçe
kalikolanmış
kali-koh-la-nish
UKУкраїнська
калікований
kali-ko-va-nyy
URاردو
کالیکو کیا ہوا
kali-ko kee-ya hoo-a
VITiếng Việt
đã được in hoa văn
da duoc in hoa van
YOYO
ṣe calico
she kali-ko
ZH中文
加上了花呢图案
jiā shàng le huā ne tú'àn