ochre
A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxideA clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
» The cliffs glowed a deep ochre in the evening sunlight.
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5 senses(countable, uncountable)A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
Ocker
о́храóxra
во́храvóxra, о́храóxra
any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment
(countable, uncountable)A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
Ocker
жёлто-оранжевый цветžólto-oranževyj, охраoxra
во́храvóxra, о́храóxra
(colloquial, countable, uncountable)The stop codon sequence "UAA".
(countable, dated, slang, uncountable)Money, especially gold.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
Examples
4 sentencesThe cliffs glowed a deep ochre in the evening sunlight.
Archaeologists found traces of ochre used for ritual body painting.
She painted the walls a warm shade of ochre to make the room feel inviting.
"What's your favourite colour? Do you have a favourite colour?" "My favourite colour is ochre."
de„Was ist Ihre Lieblingsfarbe? Haben Sie eine Lieblingsfarbe?“ – „Meine Lieblingsfarbe ist Ocker.“ — al_ex_an_der
Translations
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Origin
From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yelFrom Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).
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Forms
plural: ochresSynonyms
1 synonyms- a moderate yellow-orange to orange color:ocher
- any of various earths containing silica and alumina and ferric oxide; used as a pigment:ocher
Word family
14 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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.