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auburn^¹

/ˈɔ.bɚn/ US
/ˈɑ.bɚn/ cot caught merger

Rhymes with -ɔːbə(ɹ)n

Where it comes from

Early Modern English auburn (“brown, reddish brown”) from Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune (“light brown, yellowish brown, blond”), alteration (due to conflation with Middle English brun (“brown”)) of earlier auborne (“yellowish-white, flaxen”) from Old French auborne, alborne (“blond, flaxen, off-white”) from Medieval Latin alburnus (“whitish”), from Latin albus (“white”). More at albino, brown.

noun auburns

countable, uncountable A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
Similar: redbrown, abram

adjective more auburn · most auburn

Of a reddish-brown colour. All were watching somebody in the garden with deep interest, their three faces close together: a jovial and round one, a pale one with dark hair, and a fair one whose tresses were auburn. “Don’t push! You can see as well as I,” said Retty, the auburn-haired and youngest girl, without removing her ey
Similar: cupreous

Auburn^²

/ˈɔːbə(ɹ)n/

proper noun

A female given name.
A surname.
A sizable city in Lee County, Alabama.
A city, the county seat of Placer County, California. The outage area continues to expand, stretching from Granite Bay, Newcastle, Loomis, and Auburn across Folsom Lake to Cool, and north through Colfax into Lake of the Pines.
An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
A city in Barrow County and Gwinnett County, Georgia.
A city in Sangamon County, Illinois.
A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Indiana.
A city in Sac County, Iowa.
A city in Shawnee County, Kansas.
A home rule city in Logan County, Kentucky.
A city, the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine.
A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
A city in Bay County, Michigan.
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska.
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey.
A city, the county seat of Cayuga County, New York.
An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota.
A ghost town in Baker County, Oregon.
A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
An urban neighborhood of Cranston, Rhode Island.
An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
A sizable city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Auburn Township.
A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
abbreviation, ellipsis, informal Ellipsis of Auburn University On Sept. 19, Brilyn Hollyhand, Auburn freshman studying political science, announced his plans to join forces with Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to launch his “One Conversation at a Time” college campus tour.
Similar: Aubum

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: colorful, colored, coloured, in color, reddish-brown, mount, bright, duesenberg, lewiston, coppery, chestnut, russet, rufous, cinnamon, copper, mahogany

Translations

Every language

noun reddish-brown

Español	castaño, castaña
日本語	赤褐色 sekikasshoku
中文	赤褐色 chìhèsè
Português	castanho-avermelhado
Français	roux, auburn
Deutsch	Rotbraun, Kastanienbraun
Italiano	biondo rame
Ελληνικά	καστανοκόκκινο kastanokókkino, καστανέρυθρο kastanérythro
Română	roșcat-cafeniu
Русский	кра́сно-кори́чневый krásno-koríčnevyj, тёмно-ры́жий tjómno-rýžij

adj reddish-brown

Español	castaño, bermejo
Português	castanho avermelhado
Français	roux, auburn
Deutsch	kastanienbraun, rotbraun, rötlichbraun
Română	roșcat-cafeniu
Русский	кра́сно-кори́чневый krásno-koríčnevyj, тёмно-ры́жий tjómno-rýžij

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@misc{auburn_2026,
  title = {auburn},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/auburn},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}