auburn

See also: Auburn

English

Etymology

Early Modern English auburn (“brown, reddish brown”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune (“light brown, yellowish brown, blond”), alteration (due to conflation with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English brun (“brown”)) of earlier auborne (“yellowish-white, flaxen”) from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French auborne, alborne (“blond, flaxen, off-white”) from Medieval Latin alburnus (“whitish”), from Latin albus (“white”). More at albino, brown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.bɚn/
• (cot-caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.bɚn/
• Rhymes: -ɔːbə(ɹ)n

• Audio (US):

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Noun

auburn (uncountable)

1. A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

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Translations

reddish-brown

• Bulgarian: кестеняв цвят
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 赤褐色 (zh) (chìhèsè)

• Danish: kastanjebrun, kastanjerød
• Dutch: kastanjebruin (nl)
• Estonian: punakaspruun
• Finnish: kastanjanruskea (fi)
• French: roux (fr) m
• Georgian: ჟღალი (žɣali)
• German: Rotbraun n, Kastanienbraun n
• Greek: καστανοκόκκινο n (kastanokókkino), καστανέρυθρο n (kastanérythro) (formally)
• Indonesian: merah pirang
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• Interlingue: ,
• Italian: biondo rame m
• Japanese: 赤褐色 (せきかっしょく, sekikasshoku)
• Malay: perang kemerah-merahan
• Persian: بور (fa) (bur)
• Portuguese: castanho-avermelhado
• Romanian: roșcat-cafeniu
• Russian: кра́сно-кори́чневый (ru) (krásno-koríčnevyj) (цвет), тёмно-ры́жий (ru) (tjómno-rýžij) (цвет)
• Slovene: kostanjeva f, kostanjevo rjava f
• Swedish: kastanjebrun
• Tamil: செம்பட்டை (ta) (cempaṭṭai)
• Welsh: coch-frown

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• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} செம்பட்டை (ta) (cempaṭṭai)
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Adjective

auburn (comparative more auburn, superlative most auburn)

1. Of a reddish-brown colour.

Synonyms

• cupreous

Translations

reddish-brown

• Bulgarian: кестеняв (kestenjav)
• Danish: kastanjebrun, kastanjerød
• Esperanto: ruĝbruna
• Finnish: kastanjanruskea (fi)
• French: roux (fr), auburn (fr)
• German: kastanienbraun (de), rotbraun (de), rötlichbraun (de)
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• Malay: perang kemerah-merahan
• Maori: urukehu (of hair colour), kōkōwai
• Portuguese: castanho avermelhado m
• Romanian: roșcat-cafeniu
• Russian: кра́сно-кори́чневый (ru) (krásno-koríčnevyj), тёмно-ры́жий (ru) (tjómno-rýžij)
• Spanish: castaño (es), bermejo (es)

See also

• Auburn
• redheaded
• titian
• Appendix:Colors
• Auburn (color) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia