beige
A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-whiteA colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
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» Tom was wearing a beige coat.
На Томе было бежевое пальто. — odexed
Том был в бежевом пальто. — marafon
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Examples
14 sentencesTom was wearing a beige coat.
ruНа Томе было бежевое пальто. — odexed
Rima was wearing a beige blouse.
Yanni had a long beige coat on.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable)A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
Beige
бежbež, бе́жевыйbéževyj
бежbež, бе́жевийbéževyj
(countable, uncountable)Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.
- a very light brown
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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