russet
A reddish-brown colorA reddish-brown color.
» The walls of the house are pale yellow, the shutters russet red.
Die Hauswände sind fahlgelb, die Fensterläden rostrot. — raggione
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4 senses(countable, uncountable)A reddish-brown color.
a reddish brown homespun fabric
(countable, uncountable)A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
(countable, uncountable)A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
Renette
ране́тranét, руселе́тruselét
(countable, uncountable)A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.
Examples
3 sentencesThe walls of the house are pale yellow, the shutters russet red.
deDie Hauswände sind fahlgelb, die Fensterläden rostrot. — raggione
The road in front of us grew bleaker and wilder over huge russet and olive slopes, sprinkled with giant boulders.
Russets and Coxes are far nicer apples than Granny Smiths and Braeburns.
deEgremont Russet und Cox Orange sind weitaus bessere Äpfel als Granny Smith und Braeburn. — Waldelfe
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosFrom Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rewdʰ- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).
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plural: russetsSynonyms
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