adj
Meaning 1
Of a reddish-brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: cupreous
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Standard Lemma guide
auburn
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US: /ˈɔ.bɚn/
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cot-caught-merger: /ˈɑ.bɚn/
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rhymes with -ɔːbə(ɹ)n
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/ˈɔːbə(ɹ)n/
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CMU ARPABET: AA1 B ER0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name.
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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name
Meaning 4
A number of places in the United States.
A sizable city in Lee County, Alabama.
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name
Meaning 5
A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Placer County, California.
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name
Meaning 6
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
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name
Meaning 7
A number of places in the United States.
A city in Barrow County and Gwinnett County, Georgia.
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name
Meaning 8
A number of places in the United States.
A city in Sangamon County, Illinois.
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name
Meaning 9
A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Indiana.
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name
Meaning 10
A number of places in the United States.
A city in Sac County, Iowa.
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name
Meaning 11
A number of places in the United States.
A city in Shawnee County, Kansas.
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name
Meaning 12
A number of places in the United States.
A home rule city in Logan County, Kentucky.
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name
Meaning 13
A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine.
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name
Meaning 14
A number of places in the United States.
A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
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name
Meaning 15
A number of places in the United States.
A city in Bay County, Michigan.
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name
Meaning 16
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
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name
Meaning 17
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
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name
Meaning 18
A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska.
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name
Meaning 19
A number of places in the United States.
A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
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name
Meaning 20
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey.
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name
Meaning 21
A number of places in the United States.
A city, the county seat of Cayuga County, New York.
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name
Meaning 22
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
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name
Meaning 23
A number of places in the United States.
A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota.
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name
Meaning 24
A number of places in the United States.
A ghost town in Baker County, Oregon.
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name
Meaning 25
A number of places in the United States.
A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
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name
Meaning 26
A number of places in the United States.
An urban neighborhood of Cranston, Rhode Island.
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name
Meaning 27
A number of places in the United States.
An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
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name
Meaning 28
A number of places in the United States.
A sizable city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
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name
Meaning 29
A number of places in the United States.
A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
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name
Meaning 30
A number of places in the United States.
A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
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name
Meaning 31
A number of places in the United States.
A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
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name
Meaning 32
A number of places in the United States.
A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
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name
Meaning 33
A number of places in the United States.
A number of townships in the United States, listed under Auburn Township.
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name
Meaning 34
A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
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name
Meaning 35
A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
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name
Meaning 36
Ellipsis of Auburn University.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal
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Synonyms: Aubum
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noun
Meaning 37
A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: redbrown, abram
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adjective satellite
Meaning 38
(of hair) colored a moderate reddish-brown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- auburn hair
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History
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.
Across languages
Translations
56 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: кестеняв (kestenjav) — reddish-brown
- Danish: kastanjebrun — reddish-brown
- Danish: kastanjerød — reddish-brown
- Dutch: kastanjebruin — reddish-brown
- Esperanto: ruĝbruna — reddish-brown
- Finnish: kastanjanruskea — reddish-brown
- French: roux — reddish-brown
- French: auburn — reddish-brown
- Galician: rubio — reddish-brown
- German: kastanienbraun — reddish-brown
- German: rotbraun — reddish-brown
- German: rötlichbraun — reddish-brown
- Malay: perang kemerah-merahan — reddish-brown
- Māori: urukehu — reddish-brown
- Māori: kōkōwai — reddish-brown
- Māori: ura — reddish-brown
- Portuguese: castanho avermelhado — reddish-brown
- Romanian: roșcat-cafeniu — reddish-brown
- Russian: кра́сно-кори́чневый (krásno-koríčnevyj) — reddish-brown
- Russian: тёмно-ры́жий (tjómno-rýžij) — reddish-brown
- Spanish: castaño — reddish-brown
- Spanish: bermejo — reddish-brown
- Turkish: kumral — reddish-brown
- Ottoman Turkish: قومرال (kumral) — reddish-brown
- Southern Altai: кӱреҥ (küreŋ) — reddish-brown
- Bulgarian: кестеняв цвят — reddish-brown
- Chinese Mandarin: 赤褐色 (chìhèsè) — reddish-brown
- Czech: kaštanový — reddish-brown
- Estonian: punakaspruun — reddish-brown
- French: roux — reddish-brown
- French: auburn — reddish-brown
- Galician: roán — reddish-brown
- Galician: roxo — reddish-brown
- Georgian: ჟღალი (žɣali) — reddish-brown
- Georgian: მოწითალო-ყავისფერი (moc̣italo-q̇avisperi) — reddish-brown
- Georgian: მოწითალო-წაბლისფერი (moc̣italo-c̣ablisperi) — reddish-brown
- German: Rotbraun — reddish-brown
- German: Kastanienbraun — reddish-brown
- Greek: καστανοκόκκινο (kastanokókkino) — reddish-brown
- Greek: καστανέρυθρο (kastanérythro) — reddish-brown
- Indonesian: merah pirang — reddish-brown
- Italian: biondo rame — reddish-brown
- Japanese: 赤褐色 (sekikasshoku) — reddish-brown
- Nogai: куьрен (küren) — reddish-brown
- Norwegian Bokmål: kastanjebrun — reddish-brown
- Persian: بور (bur) — reddish-brown
- Portuguese: castanho-avermelhado — reddish-brown
- Russian: кра́сно-кори́чневый (krásno-koríčnevyj) — reddish-brown
- Russian: тёмно-ры́жий (tjómno-rýžij) — reddish-brown
- Slovene: kostanjeva — reddish-brown
- Slovene: kostanjevo rjava — reddish-brown
- Spanish: castaño — reddish-brown
- Spanish: castaña — reddish-brown
- Swedish: kastanjebrun — reddish-brown
- Tamil: செம்பட்டை (cempaṭṭai) — reddish-brown
- Welsh: coch-frown — reddish-brown
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