ochre

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈəʊkə/
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• General-American: /ˈoʊkɚ/
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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)).

From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀, but compare Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”).

119 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: oker — having yellow-orange colour
• Afrikaans: okergeel — having yellow-orange colour
• Armenian: դեղնակարմիր (deġnakarmir) — having yellow-orange colour
• Catalan: ocraci — having yellow-orange colour
• Catalan: ocre — having yellow-orange colour
• Czech: okrový — having yellow-orange colour
• Dutch: oker — having yellow-orange colour
• Dutch: okerkleurig — having yellow-orange colour
• Finnish: okra — having yellow-orange colour
• Finnish: okrankeltainen — having yellow-orange colour
• French: ocre — having yellow-orange colour
• Galician: ocre — having yellow-orange colour
• German: ockern — having yellow-orange colour
• German: ocker — having yellow-orange colour
• German: ockerfarben — having yellow-orange colour
• Greek: ωχρός (ochrós) — having yellow-orange colour
• Ancient Greek: ὠχρός (ōkhrós) — having yellow-orange colour
• Hungarian: okker — having yellow-orange colour
• Hungarian: okkersárga — having yellow-orange colour
• Irish: ócair — having yellow-orange colour
• Malagasy: bibidia — having yellow-orange colour
• Māori: kōkōwai — having yellow-orange colour
• Māori: hōrua — having yellow-orange colour
• Māori: pākākā — having yellow-orange colour
• Norwegian Bokmål: okergul — having yellow-orange colour
• Norwegian Nynorsk: okergul — having yellow-orange colour
• Polish: ochrowy — having yellow-orange colour
• Portuguese: ocre — having yellow-orange colour
• Romanian: ocru — having yellow-orange colour
• Russian: жёлто-оранжевый (žólto-oranževyj) — having yellow-orange colour
• Slovak: okrový — having yellow-orange colour
• Spanish: ocre — having yellow-orange colour
• Translingual: ochreus — having yellow-orange colour
• Ukrainian: во́христий (vóxrystyj) — having yellow-orange colour
• Ukrainian: вохряни́й (voxrjanýj) — having yellow-orange colour
• Welsh: ocr — having yellow-orange colour
• Welsh: ocraidd — having yellow-orange colour
• Welsh: melynaidd — having yellow-orange colour
• Finnish: okrahauta- — in archeology
• Polish: ochrowy — in archeology
• Afrikaans: oker — earth pigment
• Armenian: օխրա (ōxra) — earth pigment
• Armenian: օքրա (ōkʻra) — earth pigment
• Armenian: դեղնդեղ (deġndeġ) — earth pigment
• Armenian: դեղնահող (deġnahoġ) — earth pigment
• Bulgarian: охра (ohra) — earth pigment
• Catalan: ocre — earth pigment
• Czech: okr — earth pigment
• Dutch: oker — earth pigment
• Finnish: keltamulta — earth pigment
• Finnish: okra — earth pigment
• French: ocre — earth pigment
• Galician: ocre — earth pigment
• Georgian: ჟანგმიწა (žangmic̣a) — earth pigment
• Georgian: ოქრა (okra) — earth pigment
• German: Ocker — earth pigment
• Greek: ώχρα (óchra) — earth pigment
• Hungarian: okker — earth pigment
• Irish: ócar — earth pigment
• Japanese: 黄土 (ōdo) — earth pigment
• Kalmyk: шарц (şarts) — earth pigment
• Karakalpak: josa — earth pigment
• Latvian: okers — earth pigment
• Māori: kōkōwai — earth pigment
• Norwegian Bokmål: oker — earth pigment
• Norwegian Nynorsk: oker — earth pigment
• Persian: اخرا (oxrâ) — earth pigment
• Persian: گلک (gelak) — earth pigment
• Persian: فاده (fāde) — earth pigment
• Polish: ochra — earth pigment
• Polish: ugier — earth pigment
• Portuguese: ocre — earth pigment
• Portuguese: ocra — earth pigment
• Romanian: ocru — earth pigment
• Russian: о́хра (óxra) — earth pigment
• Spanish: ocre — earth pigment
• Swedish: ockra — earth pigment
• Ukrainian: во́хра (vóxra) — earth pigment
• Ukrainian: о́хра (óxra) — earth pigment
• Welsh: ocr — earth pigment
• Afrikaans: okergeel — yellowish-orange colour
• Catalan: ocre — yellowish-orange colour
• Czech: okr — yellowish-orange colour
• Dutch: oker — yellowish-orange colour
• Dutch: okerkleur — yellowish-orange colour
• Finnish: okra — yellowish-orange colour
• Finnish: okrankeltainen — yellowish-orange colour
• French: ocre — yellowish-orange colour
• Galician: ocre — yellowish-orange colour
• Georgian: ჟანგისფერი (žangisperi) — yellowish-orange colour
• German: Ocker — yellowish-orange colour
• Greek: ώχρα (óchra) — yellowish-orange colour
• Greek: υποκίτρινο (ypokítrino) — yellowish-orange colour
• Hungarian: okker — yellowish-orange colour
• Hungarian: okkersárga — yellowish-orange colour
• Indonesian: oker — yellowish-orange colour
• Italian: ocra — yellowish-orange colour
• Japanese: オーカー (ōkā) — yellowish-orange colour
• Japanese: 黄土色 (ōdo) — yellowish-orange colour
• Korean: 황토 (hwangto) — yellowish-orange colour
• Malagasy: bibidia — yellowish-orange colour
• Malay: oker — yellowish-orange colour
• Malay: hartal — yellowish-orange colour
• Māori: kōkōwai — yellowish-orange colour
• Polish: ochra — yellowish-orange colour
• Portuguese: ocre — yellowish-orange colour
• Portuguese: ocra — yellowish-orange colour
• Romanian: ocru — yellowish-orange colour
• Russian: жёлто-оранжевый цвет (žólto-oranževyj) — yellowish-orange colour
• Russian: охра (oxra) — yellowish-orange colour
• Serbo-Croatian: oker — yellowish-orange colour
• Slovak: oker — yellowish-orange colour
• Spanish: ocre — yellowish-orange colour
• Swedish: ockra — yellowish-orange colour
• Tagalog: okre — yellowish-orange colour
• Ukrainian: во́хра (vóxra) — yellowish-orange colour
• Ukrainian: о́хра (óxra) — yellowish-orange colour
• Vietnamese: thổ hoàng — yellowish-orange colour
• Welsh: ocr — yellowish-orange colour