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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía, “cuttlefish”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard, also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”). Compare Italian seppia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sepia (countable and uncountable, plural sepias)
- A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. [from 1820s]
- A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
- sepia:
- (by extension, countable) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
- (archaic, countable) The cuttlefish. [from 16th c.]
Translations[edit]
pigment
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colour
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cuttlefish — see cuttlefish
Adjective[edit]
sepia (comparative more sepia, superlative most sepia)
- Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
- 1985, Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, page 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.
- 2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption:
- Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of a dark reddish-brown colour
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Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch sepia, via French or Italian from Latin sepia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
sepia f or m (uncountable)
Synonyms[edit]
- (cuttlefish): zeekat
Noun[edit]
sepia n (uncountable)
- the color sepia
- a style of yellowish/brownish-and-black photography
Further reading[edit]
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “sepia”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía), often suggested to be from Ancient Greek σήπειν (sḗpein, “to make rotten”), but (per Beekes) could instead be a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.pi.a/, [ˈs̠eːpiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.pi.a/, [ˈsɛːpiä]
Noun[edit]
sēpia f (genitive sēpiae); first declension
- a cuttlefish
- the secretion of a cuttlefish used as ink
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sēpia | sēpiae |
| Genitive | sēpiae | sēpiārum |
| Dative | sēpiae | sēpiīs |
| Accusative | sēpiam | sēpiās |
| Ablative | sēpiā | sēpiīs |
| Vocative | sēpia | sēpiae |
Synonyms[edit]
- (cuttlefish): lōlīgō
Descendants[edit]
- Istriot:
- Italo-Romance:
- Padanian:
- Northern Gallo-Romance:
- French: seiche
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Borrowings:
References[edit]
- “sepia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “sepia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sepia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- sepia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “sepia”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[1]
- “sepia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “sēpia”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 11: S–Si, page 478
- Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “sēpia”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 589
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sepia f
- cephalopod ink
- sepia (color)
- (photography) sepia toning
- cuttlefish
- Synonym: mątwa
Declension[edit]
Declension of sepia
Derived terms[edit]
adjective
Further reading[edit]
- sepia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin sēpia. Doublet of jibia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sepia f (plural sepias)
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “sepia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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