beige

(Englisch)

Frequenz

C2
Ausgesprochen als (IPA)
/ˈbeɪʒ/
Etymologie (Englisch)

In summary

Unadapted 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.

beige

μπεζ

beż

بيج

beżowy

beige

bèige

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