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taupe

  • /təʊp/ UK
  • /toʊp/ Canada, US

Sounds like tope · Rhymes with -əʊp

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Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.

noun taupes

  1. countable, uncountable A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.

adjective more taupe · most taupe

  1. Of a dark brownish-grey colour. At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]

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noun a dark brownish-gray colour

Españoltalpa, pardo
한국어회갈색 hoegalsaek
中文褐灰色
Deutschbraungrau, maulwurfsgrau
Italianotalpa

adj of a dark brownish-gray colour

Españolpardo
Deutschmaulwurfgrau, taupe
Italianotopato

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"taupe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/taupe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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taupe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/taupe

Chicago

"taupe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/taupe.

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@misc{taupe_2026,
  title = {taupe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/taupe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}