beige
Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached woolHaving a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
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Meaning
2 sensesHaving a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
beige
бе́жевыйbéževyj
(informal)Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.
- of a light greyish-brown color
Origin
Unadapted borrowing from French (dialectal) beige, from Old French bege (“color of undyedUnadapted borrowing from French (dialectal) beige, from Old French bege (“color of undyed wool or cotton”), from an Alpine language (compare Franco-Provençal bézho, Romansch besch (“dull grey”)), from Vulgar Latin *bysseus (“cottony grey”) (compare French bis, Catalan bis, Italian bigio), from Late Latin byssus (“cotton”), from Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “cotton homespun”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew/Aramaic בוץ (būṣ)). Doublet of bice.
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Forms
beiger/more beige, beigest/most beige| Comparative | beiger / more beige Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | beigest / most beige Lesson |
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Synonyms
5 synonymsWord family
11 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
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