sepia

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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 Quotations 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Related terms 1.6 See also 2 Dutch 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Synonyms 3 Latin 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun 3.2.1 Inflection 3.2.2 Synonyms 3.2.3 Descendants

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

From Latin sepia, from Ancient Greek σηπία ‘cuttlefish’.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈsiːpɪə/
• Rhymes: -iːpiə

[edit] Noun

sepia (plural sepias)

1. (archaic) The cuttlefish.
2. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
3. (colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.

   sepia colour:

4. A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.

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[edit] Adjective

sepia (comparative more sepia, superlative most sepia)

1. (colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.

[edit] Quotations

• 1985 — Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, p 209

  Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia, drained of colour and light.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Related terms

• sepiolite

[edit] See also

• black and white
• color
• cuttlefish
• ink sac
• Appendix:Colours

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[edit] Dutch

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[edit] Noun

sepia

1. cuttlefish
2. the color sepia
3. a style of yellowish/brownish-and-black photography

[edit] Synonyms

• (cuttlefish): zeekat

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[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

From Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpia)

[edit] Noun

sēpia (genitive sēpiae); f, first declension

1. a cuttlefish

[edit] Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	sēpia	sēpiae
genitive	sēpiae	sēpiārum
dative	sēpiae	sēpiīs
accusative	sēpiam	sēpiās
ablative	sēpiā	sēpiīs
vocative	sēpia	sēpiae

[edit] Synonyms

• (cuttlefish): lōlīgō

[edit] Descendants

• English: sepia