sienna

See also: Sienna and sienną

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Italian terra di Sienna, "earth of Siena", Siena being the most notable Renaissance location of the clay

Pronunciation

• enPR: sē-ĕnʹə, IPA^(key): /siˈɛnə/
• Homophones: Siena

Noun

sienna (countable and uncountable, plural siennas)

1. (countable) A form of clay containing iron and manganese.
2. (countable and uncountable) A pigment with a reddish-brown colour.
3. (countable and uncountable) A light reddish-brown colour.

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Synonyms

• (clay): raw sienna

Derived terms

• burnt sienna
• raw sienna

Translations

clay

• Arabic: طين m
• Japanese: シエナ土 (shiena tsuchi)
• Polish: sjena (pl) f
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• Romanian: pământ de Siena n
• Tagalog: siyena

pigment

• Polish: sjena (pl) f
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• Tagalog: siyena

colour

• Japanese: シエナ色 (shiena shoku)
• Polish: sjena (pl) f
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• Romanian: siena f
• Tagalog: siyena

Adjective

sienna (not comparable)

1. having a reddish-brown colour.

Translations

colour

• Japanese: シエナ色の (shienairo no)
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• Romanian: siena

Anagrams

• Annies, Sannie, inanes, insane, nenias

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɕɛn.na/

Adjective

sienna

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of sienny