beige

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Derived terms 1.5 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Adjective 3 Finnish 3.1 Adjective 3.1.1 Declension 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Declension 4 French 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronunciation 4.3 Adjective 5 German 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adjective 5.2.1 Related terms 6 Spanish 6.1 Adjective 7 Swedish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Etymology 7.3 Adjective

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From French beige.

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• Rhymes: -eɪʒ

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beige (plural beiges)

1. A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

   beige colour:

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beige (comparative more beige, superlative most beige)

1. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

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• Beige Book

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• Appendix:Colours

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beige

1. beige

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beige (comparative beigempi, superlative beigein)

1. beige

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Declension of beige (type nalle) singular plural nominative beige beiget genitive beigen beigejen beigein1 partitive beigeä beigejä accusative beige beigen beiget inessive beigessä beigeissä elative beigestä beigeistä illative beigeen beigeihin adessive beigellä beigeillä ablative beigeltä beigeiltä allative beigelle beigeille essive beigenä beigeinä translative beigeksi beigeiksi instructive – beigein abessive beigettä beigeittä comitative – beigeine 1) Rare.

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beige

1. beige (color)

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Declension of beige (type nalle) singular plural nominative beige beiget genitive beigen beigejen beigein1 partitive beigeä beigejä accusative beige beigen beiget inessive beigessä beigeissä elative beigestä beigeistä illative beigeen beigeihin adessive beigellä beigeillä ablative beigeltä beigeiltä allative beigelle beigeille essive beigenä beigeinä translative beigeksi beigeiksi instructive – beigein abessive beigettä beigeittä comitative – beigeineen 1) Rare.

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[edit] French

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Old French bege.

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beige

1. beige

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From French beige

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beige

1. beige

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• Beige

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beige m. and f. (plural beiges)

1. beige

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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

Inflections of beige		Absolute	Comparative	Superlative
				Attributive	Predicative
Indefinite singular	Common	beige	beigare		beigast
	Neuter	beigt
Definite singular	Masc.	beige		beigaste
	All	beiga		beigaste
Plural		beiga		beigaste

1. Beige.

   Hon hade en lång, beige kappa på sig.

   "She wore a long, beige coat."

2. (slang) Boring, uninteresting, negative.

   Din morsa är så jävla beige!

   "Your mother is so goddamned dull."