taupe

taupe
Synonyms and related words:
Quaker-colored, acier, ashen, ashy, beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, canescent, chocolate, cinereous, cinerous, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, dapple, dapple-gray, dappled, dappled-gray, dingy, dismal, dove-colored, dove-gray, drab, dreary, dull, dun, dun-brown, dun-drab, dusty, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, glaucescent, glaucous, gray, gray-black, gray-brown, gray-colored, gray-drab, gray-green, gray-spotted, gray-toned, gray-white, grayed, grayish, grege, griseous, grizzle, grizzled, grizzly, hazel, iron-gray, khaki, lead-gray, leaden, livid, lurid, mouse-colored, mouse-gray, mousy, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, pearl, pearl-gray, pearly, sad, seal, seal-brown, sepia, silver, silver-gray, silvered, silvery, slate-colored, slaty, smoke-gray, smoky, snuff-colored, sober, somber, sorrel, steel-gray, steely, stone-colored, tan, tawny, toast, toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown, yellowish-brown

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  • taupé — taupé …   Dictionnaire des rimes

  • Taupe — refers to a dark grayish brown color. The word taupe derives from the French name for the European Mole, Talpa europaea . Originally, this referred only to the average color of the French mole, [Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930… …   Wikipedia

  • Taupe — bezeichnet eine dunkle grau braune Farbe. Beispiele Taupe (Farbcode: #483C32) Purpur Taupe (Farbcode: #504040) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • taupe — TAUPE. s. f. Petit animal sans yeux qui a le poil noir, court, & delié, & qui foüille entre deux terres, & y habite. Noir comme une taupe. un trou de taupe. la taupe a foüillé là. prendre des taupes. On dit proverb. d Un homme qui marche… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • taupe — 〈[to:p] Adj.; undekl.〉 von maulwurfgrauem Farbton [frz. „Maulwurf“] * * * taupe [to:p] <indekl. Adj.> [zu frz. taupe < lat. talpa = Maulwurf]: von einem einen Rotschimmer aufweisenden, dunklen Grau …   Universal-Lexikon

  • TAUPE —     Taupe, petit quadrupède, un peu plus gros que la souris, qui habite sous terre. La nature lui a donné des yeux extrêmement petits, enfoncés, et recouverts de petits poils, afin que la terre ne les blesse pas, et qu il soit averti par un peu… …   Dictionnaire philosophique de Voltaire

  • taupe — TAUPE: Aveugle comme une taupe. Et cependant elle a des yeux …   Dictionnaire des idées reçues

  • taupe — [təup US toup] n [U] [Date: 1900 2000; : French; Origin: mole , from Latin talpa] a brownish grey colour >taupe adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • taupe — [to:p] <zu fr. taupe »Maulwurf«, dies aus lat. talpa> maulwurfsgrau, braungrau …   Das große Fremdwörterbuch

  • taupe — [ toup ] adjective something that is taupe is a brown gray color …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • taupe — (n.) 1880s, a mole, later (1911) dark brownish gray color (the color of moleskin), from Fr. taupe, the color, originally a mole, from L. talpa a mole …   Etymology dictionary

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