ochre

Bedeutung (Englisch)

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.

Konzepte

Ocker

ocker

ockerfarben

Synonyme

ocher

ocher

red

reddle

gumbo

xanthous

yellow

red earth

red paint

lady’s-finger

ruddle

okra

red chalk

Übersetzungen

ocre

ocre

ocre

oker

ώχρα

ocre

ocra

ocra

okerkleurig

υποκίτρινο

okerkleur

λεφτά

χρυσάφι

raberón

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈəʊkə/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Verwandt mit Griechisch: 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)).