adj
Meaning 1
Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sepia
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈsiːpiə/
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noun
Meaning 2
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable
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noun
Meaning 5
A cuttlefish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable
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noun
Meaning 6
type genus of the Sepiidae
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: genus Sepia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mollusk genus
noun
Meaning 7
a shade of brown with a tinge of red
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: reddish brown, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brown, brownness
Narrower terms: brick red, copper, copper color, Indian red
noun
Meaning 8
rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pigment
History
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēpia (“cuttlefish”), from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía). Cognate with Italian seppia, Portuguese siba, and Spanish sepia.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: се́пия (sépija) — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Catalan: sèpia — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Catalan: sépia — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Esperanto: sepia — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- French: sépia — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Japanese: セピア色の (sepiairo no) — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Portuguese: sépia — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Romanian: sepia — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Swedish: sepiafärgad — of a dark reddish-brown colour
- Bulgarian: се́пия (sépija) — pigment
- Catalan: sépia — pigment
- Finnish: seepia — pigment
- French: sépia — pigment
- Galician: sepia — pigment
- German: Sepia — pigment
- Hungarian: szépia — pigment
- Irish: dúch cudail — pigment
- Italian: nero di seppia — pigment
- Japanese: セピア (sepia) — pigment
- Portuguese: sépia — pigment
- Romanian: sepia — pigment
- Russian: се́пия (sépija) — pigment
- Spanish: sepia — pigment
- Swedish: sepia — pigment
- Tagalog: sepya — pigment
- Turkish: sepya — pigment
- Bulgarian: се́пия (sépija) — colour
- Catalan: sèpia — colour
- Esperanto: sepio — colour
- Finnish: seepia — colour
- French: sépia — colour
- Galician: sepia — colour
- German: Sepia — colour
- Hungarian: szépia — colour
- Japanese: セピア色 (sepiairo) — colour
- Māori: haurāhina — colour
- Portuguese: sépia — colour
- Romanian: sepia — colour
- Tagalog: sepya — colour
- Turkish: sepya — colour
- French: sépia — drawing
- Japanese: セピア画 (sepiaga) — drawing
- Portuguese: sépia — drawing
- Romanian: sepia — drawing