beige
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beige
- /ˈbeɪʒ/ US, UK
- /ˈbeɪd͡ʒ/ US, UK
- /ˈbɛjʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbɛjd͡ʒ/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ˈbæɪʒ/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈbæɪd͡ʒ/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈbeʒ/ Scotland
- /ˈbed͡ʒ/ Scotland
- /ˈbeiʒ/ Wales
- /ˈbeid͡ʒ/ Wales
Rhymes with -eɪʒ, -eɪdʒ
Where it comes from
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.
noun beiges
- A colour, variously defined from a pale brown, to a yellow greyish off-white.
- Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.
adjective beiger · more beige · beigest · most beige
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Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon.
Similar: bland, indistinct, colorless, drab
- Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia. Think about it: he grew up in Iowa, the beigest of states, was doted on, loved generously by his parents, the top of his class, probably voted Most Handsome of 2000.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ecru, colored, chromatic, tan, brown, gynec, wheaten, linen, mousy brown, off-white, khaki, tawny, old lace, kendal green, fawn, ash blond
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noun colour
| Español | beis, beige (beish) |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 베이지 beiji, 베이지색 beijisaek |
| 日本語 | ベージュ bēju |
| 中文 | 米黃 /米黄 mǐhuáng, 米色 mǐsè |
| हिन्दी | बेज bej, बेझ़ beź |
| Português | bege |
| Français | beige |
| Deutsch | Beige |
| Italiano | bigio, fulvo, lionato, beige |
| Ελληνικά | μπεζ bez |
| Română | bej |
| Русский | беж bež, бе́жевый béževyj |
| Tiếng Việt | be, màu be |
| العربية | بِيج bīj |
| עברית | בֵּז׳ bezh |
Talk about this word "beige." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/beige. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. beige. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/beige "beige." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/beige.Cite this
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title = {beige},
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