ochre
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ochre¹
- /ˈəʊkə/ UK
- /ˈoʊkɚ/ US
Rhymes with -əʊkə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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)).
noun ochres · ocher
- A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
- A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
- The stop codon sequence "UAA".
- Money, especially gold. ‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’
- Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
adjective ocher
- Having a yellow-orange colour.
- Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
verb ochres · ochring · ochreing · ochred · ocher
- To cover or tint with ochre. […] his eye was caught by the sight of one child in a group of smaller children playing in the shallows some little distance down—a white child, so white by contrast with the others that at first he thought it must be ochred, which it could not be while playing in the water.
ochre²
Where it comes from
From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀, but compare Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).
noun ochres
- Obsolete spelling of okra
Translations
Every language
noun earth pigment
| Español | ocre |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 黄土 ōdo |
| Português | ocre, ocra |
| Français | ocre |
| Deutsch | Ocker |
| Ελληνικά | ώχρα óchra |
| Română | ocru |
| Русский | о́хра óxra |
noun yellowish-orange colour
| Español | ocre |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 황토 hwangto |
| 日本語 | オーカー ōkā, 黄土色 ōdo |
| Português | ocre, ocra |
| Français | ocre |
| Deutsch | Ocker |
| Italiano | ocra |
| Ελληνικά | ώχρα óchra, υποκίτρινο ypokítrino |
| Română | ocru |
| Русский | жёлто-оранжевый цвет žólto-oranževyj, охра oxra |
| Tiếng Việt | thổ hoàng |
adj having yellow-orange colour
| Español | ocre |
|---|---|
| Português | ocre |
| Français | ocre |
| Deutsch | ockern, ocker, ockerfarben |
| Ελληνικά | ωχρός ochrós |
| Română | ocru |
| Русский | жёлто-оранжевый žólto-oranževyj |
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