ochre

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

ocher

ocher

red

reddle

gumbo

xanthous

yellow

red earth

red paint

lady’s-finger

ruddle

okra

red chalk

Traducións

ocre

ocre

oker

ocre

ώχρα

ocre

ocra

Ocker

ocra

ocker

okerkleurig

okerkleur

υποκίτρινο

λεφτά

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈəʊkə/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

Relativo a grego: 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)).