adj
Meaning 1
Having a reddish-brown color.
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Standard Lemma guide
russet
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: rŭsʹĭt
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General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹʌsɪt/
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rhymes with -ʌsɪt
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adj
Meaning 2
Gray or ash-colored.
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Usage: archaic
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adj
Meaning 3
Rustic, homespun, coarse, plain.
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adj
Meaning 4
The condition of leather when its treatment is complete, but it is not yet colored (stained) and polished.
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adj
Meaning 5
Having a rough skin that is reddish-brown or greyish; russeted.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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noun
Meaning 6
A reddish-brown color.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A coarse, reddish-brown, homespun fabric; clothes made with such fabric.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 8
A variety of apple with rough, russet-colored skin.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: russeting
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noun
Meaning 9
A variety of potato with rough, dark gray-brown skin.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
Meaning 10
To develop reddish-brown spots; to cause russeting.
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Usage: ambitransitive, usually
Qualifier: pears
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
of brown with a reddish tinge
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noun
Meaning 12
a reddish brown homespun fabric
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Broader terms: homespun
History
Etymology
From Middle English russet, from Anglo-Norman russet, rossat, roset, and Middle French rosset, rousset (“reddish, reddish-brown; a rough wool cloth”), from Middle French rous, rus (“to rouse”) + -et (diminutive suffix); compare Late Latin rossetum, russetum, russeta (“rough wool cloth”), Latin russus (“red”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h1rewdh- (“red”)), Occitan rosseta (“rough wool cloth”).
Across languages
Translations
41 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: червенокафяв (červenokafjav) — color
- Czech: červenohnědý — color
- Esperanto: ruĝbruna — color
- French: roux — color
- French: rousse — color
- Georgian: მოწითალო-მოყავისფრო (moc̣italo-moq̇avispro) — color
- Georgian: მონარინჯისფრო-მოყავისფრო (monarinǯispro-moq̇avispro) — color
- Georgian: ზღმარტლისფერი (zɣmarṭlisperi) — color
- German: rostbraun — color
- Hungarian: rozsdabarna — color
- Irish: donnrua — color
- Japanese: あずき色の (azukiiro no) — color
- Latin: russus — color
- Macedonian: црвенока́феав (crvenokáfeav) — color
- Spanish: marrojizo — color
- Spanish: marrojiza — color
- Swedish: rödbrun — color
- Walloon: rosse — color
- Czech: červenohnědá barva — color
- Esperanto: ruĝbruno — color
- French: roux — color
- Galician: ocre — color
- Hungarian: rőt — color
- Hungarian: vörösesbarna — color
- Irish: donnrua — color
- Japanese: あずき色 (azukiiro) — color
- Spanish: ocre — color
- Spanish: marrojizo — color
- Spanish: color teja — color
- Spanish: bermejo — color
- Spanish: bermeja — color
- Welsh: rhytgoch — color
- Swedish: vadmal — fabric
- Bulgarian: ренета (reneta) — apple
- Galician: reineta — apple
- German: Renette — apple
- Hungarian: ranett — apple
- Hungarian: ranét — apple
- Irish: rua-úll — apple
- Macedonian: ренета (reneta) — apple
- Spanish: reineta — apple
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