flaxen

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax +‎ -en (“made of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæk.sən/
• Rhymes: -æksən

Adjective

flaxen

1. Made of or resembling flax fibers.
   • The couple and their children have flaxen hair.
2. A pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.

   flaxen:  

Translations

material

• Bulgarian: ленен (bg) (lenen)
• Danish: hørfarvet
• Dutch: vlassen (nl)
• Finnish: pellavainen
• German: flachsen (de)
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• Japanese: 亜麻製の (あませいの, amasei no)
• Latin: līneus
• Polish: lniany (pl) m
• Russian: льняно́й (ru) (lʹnjanój)

color

• Bulgarian: светложълт (bg) (svetložǎlt)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 亚麻色

• Finnish: pellavan värinen
• French: de lin
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• German: flachsfarben (de)
• Irish: buíbhán, fionn (of hair)
• Japanese: 亜麻色の (あまいろの, amairo no)
• Latin: flāvus (la)
• Maori: kōrito (of hair)
• Polish: lniany (pl) m, jasnobrązowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: cor de linho f

See also

• blond
• linen
• tow, towhead
• Appendix:Colors