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auburn en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈɔ.bɚn/ (US)
• /ˈɑ.bɚn/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. 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 eyes from the window. 1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXI, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […], →OCLC:
   • […]; nor was Miss Wilkinson the ideal: he had often pictured to himself the great violet eyes and the alabaster skin of some lovely girl, and he had thought of himself burying his face in the rippling masses of her auburn hair. 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXXIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
   • I never thought I'd meet a girl like you / Meet a girl like you / With auburn hair and tawny eyes 1982, “I Ran (So Far Away)”, performed by A Flock of Seagulls:

Forms

Relateds

titian · ginger · Auburn · redheaded

Synonyms

cupreous

Translations (24)

es castaño (reddish-brown) · mi kōkōwai (reddish-brown) · ms perang kemerah-merahan (reddish-brown) · da kastanjebrun (reddish-brown) · ru тёмно-ры́жий (reddish-brown) · fr roux (reddish-brown) · ota قومرال (reddish-brown) · pt castanho avermelhado (reddish-brown) · mi urukehu (reddish-brown) · de kastanienbraun (reddish-brown) · fi kastanjanruskea (reddish-brown) · gl rubio (reddish-brown) · da kastanjerød (reddish-brown) · tr kumral (reddish-brown) · eo ruĝbruna (reddish-brown) · ru кра́сно-кори́чневый (reddish-brown) · mi ura (reddish-brown) · bg кестеняв (reddish-brown) · fr auburn (reddish-brown) · es bermejo (reddish-brown) · ro roșcat-cafeniu (reddish-brown) · de rötlichbraun (reddish-brown) · nl kastanjebruin (reddish-brown) · de rotbraun (reddish-brown)

auburn en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈɔ.bɚn/ (US)
• /ˈɑ.bɚn/ (cot-caught-merger)

Etymology

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.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

Forms

Synonyms

redbrown · abram

Translations (39)

fr auburn (reddish-brown) · ta செம்பட்டை (reddish-brown) · ms perang kemerah-merahan (reddish-brown) · ka მოწითალო-ყავისფერი (reddish-brown) · da kastanjebrun (reddish-brown) · ka ჟღალი (reddish-brown) · de Kastanienbraun (reddish-brown) · cmn 赤褐色 (reddish-brown) · et punakaspruun (reddish-brown) · fi kastanjanruskea (reddish-brown) · ru кра́сно-кори́чневый (reddish-brown) · da kastanjerød (reddish-brown) · tr kumral (reddish-brown) · pt castanho-avermelhado (reddish-brown) · ru тёмно-ры́жий (reddish-brown) · nog куьрен (reddish-brown) · fa بور (reddish-brown) · sl kostanjevo rjava (reddish-brown) · el καστανέρυθρο (reddish-brown) · es castaño (reddish-brown) · alt кӱреҥ (reddish-brown) · de Rotbraun (reddish-brown) · el καστανοκόκκινο (reddish-brown) · ka მოწითალო-წაბლისფერი (reddish-brown) · gl roxo (reddish-brown) · id merah pirang (reddish-brown) · ja 赤褐色 (reddish-brown) · it biondo rame (reddish-brown) · ro roșcat-cafeniu (reddish-brown) · nl kastanjebruin (reddish-brown) · fr roux (reddish-brown) · cy coch-frown (reddish-brown) · gl roán (reddish-brown) · sl kostanjeva (reddish-brown) · bg кестеняв цвят (reddish-brown) · cs kaštanový (reddish-brown) · sv kastanjebrun (reddish-brown) · nb kastanjebrun (reddish-brown) · es castaña (reddish-brown)