hue
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See also Hué
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /hju/
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- Rhymes: -uː
[edit] Etymology 1
From Old English hīew, hiw
[edit] Noun
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hue (plural hues)
- A color or shade of color; tint; dye.
- Mary W. Shelley
- livid with the hue of death
- Mary W. Shelley
- The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
- In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
- (figuratively) A character; aspect.
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[edit] Translations
color or shade of color; tint; dye
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character; aspect
the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Old French hu, a hunting cry
[edit] Noun
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hue (plural hues)
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[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of ehu
- HEU
[edit] Danish
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Noun
hue c. (singular definite huen, plural indefinite huer)
- A cap
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Inflection of “hue”
[edit] Etymology 2
From Old Norse huga (“‘think’”)
[edit] Verb
hue (imperative hu, infinitive at hue, present tense huer, past tense huede, past participle har huet)
- in?(transitive) To please
[edit] French
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onomatopoeia, compare Dutch ju
[edit] Interjection
hue!
- yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right
[edit] Antonyms
- dia!
[edit] Verb form
hue
- imperative and singular present imperfect forms of huer
[edit] Anagrams
- Anagrams of ehu
- euh
[edit] Hawaiian
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Common Polynesian
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hue
- A gourd
[edit] Maori
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Common Polynesian
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hue
- A gourd (plant)
[edit] Norwegian
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hue