khaki

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.
2. (countable, uncountable) Khaki green, a dull green colour.
3. (countable, uncountable) A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.
4. (countable, rare, uncountable) A soldier wearing a khaki uniform.
5. (South-Africa, countable, derogatory, slang, uncountable) A British person.
6. (countable, in-plural, uncountable) Khaki clothing or uniform.

Adj

Dust-coloured; of the colour of dust.

Concetti

cachi

kaki

color cachi

sinonimi

persimmon

brownish-yellow

yellowish-brown

hockey

beige-cloth

fawn colour

iron-rust colour

kaki

Traduzioni

kaki

caqui

Khaki

caqui

caqui

cáqui

kaki

khakifarben

Kaki

diospiro

legerkledij

hâki

kaki

kakikleurig

Khaki-Farbe

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈkɑː.ki/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”).
Sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.