ochre

(Anglès)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
2. (countable, uncountable) A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
3. (colloquial, countable, uncountable) The stop codon sequence "UAA".
4. (countable, dated, slang, uncountable) Money, especially gold.
5. (countable, uncountable) Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Having a yellow-orange colour.
2. (not-comparable) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.

Verb

To cover or tint with ochre.

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈəʊkə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb grec: ωχρός

In summary

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Conceptes

ocre

torrat

Sinònims

ocher

ocher

red

reddle

gumbo

xanthous

yellow

red earth

red paint

lady’s-finger

ruddle

okra

red chalk

Traduccions

ocre

ocre

oker

ochra

ώχρα

ocre

ocra

Ocker

ocker

okerkleurig

ocra

χρυσάφι

υποκίτρινο

okerkleur

λεφτά