chrome

Borrowed from French chrome.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɹəʊm/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɹoʊm/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -əʊm

chrome (usually uncountable, plural chromes)

1. Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
2. (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.
   • 2009, Richard Wagner, Adobe AIR For Dummies‎, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:

     So, just as a car might have shiny chrome trimming, a bumper, and a grill that cover the vehicle, so the chrome of an OS window surrounds and complements the window itself. Examples of chrome include the title bar, the Minimize/Maximize/Restore buttons, menu bars, and toolbars.

   • 2012 January 29, Jakob Nielsen, “Browser and GUI Chrome”, in Nielsen Norman Group homepage‎, Nielsen Norman Group, archived from the original on 2013-03-07:

     Similarly [to the chrome exterior of an automobile], in most modern GUIs, the chrome lives around the edges of the screen, surrounding the middle area, which is dedicated to the user's data.

   • 2020 January 4, Jimmy Grewal, quoting Maf Vosburgh, “Internet Explorer 5 for Mac: twentieth anniversary”, in Jimmy's Blog‎, archived from the original on 2020-01-09:

     I had the idea of making our browser chrome match the actual hardware you were on. If your Mac’s bezel was Bondi blue, we’d make our UI Bondi blue.

3. (US, slang, collective) handguns
   • 2012, “Ali Bomaye”, in Jesus Piece, performed by The Game:

     Disrespect my nigga Boss and I'm flashin' the chrome

   • 2013, “Hive”, in Doris, performed by Earl Sweatshirt:

     I ain't trippin' long 'cause I can reach the chrome / Heat your home like Southern California Gas, police pass

chrome (third-person singular simple present chromes, present participle chroming, simple past and past participle chromed)

1. (transitive) To plate with chrome.
2. (transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

• chromium-plate

• “chrome”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• chomer

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χρῶμα (khrôma, “color”).

• IPA^(key): /kʁom/

• audio

  (file)

chrome m (uncountable)

1. chromium

• chromage
• chromate
• chromer
• chromeux
• chromique
• jaune de chrome
• nickel chrome
• vert de chrome

• Lingala: kolomo

• “chrome”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• chômer

• IPA^(key): /ˈxrɔmɛ/, [ˈxrɔmə]

chrome

1. inflection of chromy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

• IPA^(key): /ˈxrɔ.mɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɔmɛ
• Syllabification: chro‧me

chrome

1. inflection of chromy:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural