tawny

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective 1.3.1 Translations 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.5 Derived terms

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[edit] Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman tauné, from Old French tané, past participle of taner (“‘to tan’”), from tan 'tanbark, tawny color', from Gaulish tanno 'holm oak' (cf. Breton tann, Old Irish caerthann 'rowan'), from Indo-European *dhenh-; akin to German Tann 'woods', Tanne 'fir', Hittite tanau 'fir', Avestan thanwarə (g. thanwanō) 'bow', Sanskrit dhánus (g. dhánvanus) 'bow', Latin femur (g. feminis) 'thigh', possibly Greek thámnos 'thicket'.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtɔni/

• Rhymes: -ɔːni

[edit] Adjective

tawny (comparative tawnier, superlative tawniest)

1. Of a light brown to brownish orange colour

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[edit] Noun

tawny

1. A light brown to brownish orange colour

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[edit] Derived terms

• tawny owl
• tawny port