beige
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -eɪʒ
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beige (plural beiges)
- A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
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beige colour:
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colour
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beige (comparative more beige, superlative most beige)
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- Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
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having a slightly yellowish gray colour
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beige
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(index b)
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beige (comparative beigempi, superlative beigein)
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Declension of beige (type nalle)
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beige
- beige (color)
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Declension of beige (type nalle)
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[edit] French
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beige
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beige
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beige m. and f. (plural beiges)
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- (Swedish) /beːɧ/ or /bɛːɧ/
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Attested from 1895. From French beige (“‘beige’”). The slang definition is likely assoiated to the perceived blandness of the color.
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beige
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Common | beige | beigare | beigast | |
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Masc. | beige | beigaste | ||
| All | beiga | beigaste | |||
| Plural | beiga | beigaste | |||
- Beige.
- Hon hade en lång, beige kappa på sig.
- "She wore a long, beige coat."
- (slang) Boring, uninteresting, negative.
- Din morsa är så jävla beige!
- "Your mother is so goddamned dull."
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