auburn

See also Auburn

English

Etymology

Early Modern English auburn "brown, reddish brown" from Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune "light brown, yellowish brown, blond", alteration (due to conflation with Middle English brun "brown") of earlier auborne "yellowish-white, flaxen" from Old French auborne, alborne "blond, flaxen, off-white" from Medieval Latin alburnus "whitish" from Latin albus "white". More at albino, brown

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔːbə(ɹ)n

Noun

auburn (uncountable)

1. A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

   auburn colour:

Translations

reddish-brown

• Bulgarian: кестеняв цвят
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赤褐色 (cmn) (chìhèsè)

• Danish: kastanjebrun (da), kastanjerød (da)
• Finnish: kastanjanruskea
• French: roux (fr) m
• German: Rötlich-Braun n, Kastanienbraun n
• Greek: καστανέρυθρο (kastanérithro) n

• Italian: biondo rame (it) m
• Japanese: 赤褐色 (ja) (せきかっしょく, sekikasshoku)
• Malay: perang kemerah-merahan (ms)
• Persian: بور (fa) (bur)
• Russian: красно-коричневый (ru) (krásno-koríčnevyj) (цвет), тёмно-рыжий (ru) (tjómno-rýžij) (цвет)
• Welsh: coch-frown (cy)

Adjective

auburn (comparative more auburn, superlative most auburn)

1. Of a reddish-brown colour.

Synonyms

• cupreous

Translations

reddish-brown

• Bulgarian: кестеняв
• Danish: kastanjebrun (da), kastanjerød (da)
• Esperanto: ruĝbruna (eo)
• Finnish: kastanjanruskea

• French: roux (fr)
• German: rötlich-braun (de), kastanienbraun (de)
• Russian: красно-коричневый (ru) (krásno-koríčnevyj), тёмно-рыжий (ru) (tjómno-rýžij)
• Malay: perang kemerah-merahan (ms)
• Spanish: castaño (es)

See also

• Auburn
• redheaded
• titian
• Appendix:Colors
• Auburn (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Auburn (color)