ochre

English

WOTD – 3 August 2010    

Wikipedia

An Australian ochre pit.

Alternative forms

• ocher

Etymology

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ōkhra, “pale yellow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈəʊkə/
• (US) IPA: /ˈoʊkɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -əʊkə(r)

Noun

ochre (plural ochres)

1. An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide
2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour

   ochre colour:

3. (molecular biology, colloquial) The stop codon sequence "UAA."

Derived terms

• brown ochre
• gold ochre
• purple ochre
• red ochre
• yellow ochre

Translations

earth pigment

• Armenian: օխրա (hy) (òxra) , օքրա (hy) (òk’ra) , դեղնդեղ (hy) (deġndeġ) , դեղնահող (hy) (deġnahoġ) 
• Dutch: oker (nl) n
• Finnish: keltamulta (fi), okra (fi)
• French: ocre (fr) f

• German: Ocker (de) m
• Greek: ώχρα (el) (óchra) f 
• Japanese: 黄土 (ja) (おうど, ōdo)
• Latvian: okers (lv) m
• Russian: охра (ru) (oxra)

yellowish-orange colour

• Catalan: ocre (ca)
• Czech: okr (cs) m
• Dutch: oker (nl) n, okerkleur (nl)
• Finnish: okra (fi), okrankeltainen (fi)
• French: ocre (fr) f
• German: Ocker (de)
• Greek: ώχρα (el) (óchra) f , υποκίτρινο (el) (ypokítrino) n 
• Indonesian: oker (id)
• Japanese: オーカー (ja) (ōkā), 黄土色 (ja) (おうどいろ, ōdo)
• Korean: 황토 (ko) (hwangto)
• Malagasy: bibidia (mg)

• Malay: oker (ms)
• Maori: kōkōwai (mi)
• Polish: ochra (pl) f
• Portuguese: ocre (pt) m, ocra (pt) f
• Russian: жёлто-оранжевый (ru) (žólto-oranževyj) цвет (ru) m (cvet), охра (ru) (oxra)
• Serbo-Croatian: oker (sh)
• Spanish: ocre (es)
• Swedish: ockra (sv) c
• Tagalog: okre (tl)
• Vietnamese: thổ hoàng (vi)
• Welsh: ocr (cy) f

Adjective

ochre (not comparable)

1. Having a yellow-orange colour.
2. (archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.

Translations

having yellow-orange colour

• Armenian: դեղնակարմիր (hy) (deġnakarmir) 
• Dutch: oker (nl), okerkleurig (nl)
• Finnish: okra (fi), okrankeltainen (fi)
• German: ocker (de), ockerfarben (de)

• Japanese: オーカーの (ja) (ōkā no), 黄土色の (ja) (おうどいろの, ōdo no)
• Malagasy: bibidia (mg)
• Maori: kōkōwai (mi), hōrua (mi)
• Russian: жёлто-оранжевый (ru) (žólto-oranževyj)
• Spanish: ocre (es)

in archeology

• Finnish: okrahauta- (fi)

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• Serbo-Croatian: oker (sh) m

Verb

ochre (third-person singular simple present ochres, present participle ochring, simple past and past participle ochred)

1. to cover with ochre

See also

• ochrous
• kokowai
• ruddle
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• chore, ocher