auburn
Of a reddish-brown colourOf a reddish-brown colour.
» She's got beautiful long auburn hair.
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1 sensesOf a reddish-brown colour.
kastanienbraun, rotbraun, rötlichbraun
кра́сно-кори́чневыйkrásno-koríčnevyj, тёмно-ры́жийtjómno-rýžij
(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
Examples
5 sentencesShe's got beautiful long auburn hair.
I love your partially-grayed auburn hair.
Edmundo had green eyes and auburn hair.
Jane has auburn hair.
deJane hat rotbraunes Haar. — Dani6187
Jamin's auburn locks cascade down their shoulders, adding an air of elegance to their appearance.
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
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Origin
Early Modern English auburn (“brown, reddish brown”) from Middle English aubourne, abron,Early Modern English auburn (“brown, reddish brown”) from Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune (“light brown, yellowish brown, blond”), alteration (due to conflation with Middle English brun (“brown”)) of earlier auborne (“yellowish-white, flaxen”) from Old French auborne, alborne (“blond, flaxen, off-white”) from Medieval Latin alburnus (“whitish”), from Latin albus (“white”). More at albino, brown.
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Forms
more auburn, most auburn| Comparative | more auburn Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most auburn Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.