adj
Meaning 1
having a reddish-brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Standard Lemma guide
sienna
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Sound
Pronunciation
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sē-ĕnʹə
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/siˈɛn.ə/
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rhymes with -ɛnə
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homophone: Siena
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CMU ARPABET: S IY0 EH1 N AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A female given name from English of modern usage.
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noun
Meaning 3
A form of clay containing iron and manganese.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
Meaning 4
A pigment with a reddish-brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 5
A light reddish-brown colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
an earth color containing ferric oxides; used as a pigment
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: earth color
Narrower terms: burnt sienna, raw sienna
History
Etymology
From Italian terra di Siena (“earth of Siena”), Siena being the most notable Renaissance location of the clay.
From the colour sienna.
Across languages
Translations
17 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Japanese: シエナ色の (shienairo no) — colour
- Romanian: siena — colour
- Arabic: طين — clay
- Japanese: シエナ土 (shiena tsuchi) — clay
- Polish: sjena — clay
- Romanian: pământ de Siena — clay
- Tagalog: siyena — clay
- Finnish: siena — pigment
- Finnish: sienna — pigment
- Georgian: სიენა (siena) — pigment
- Polish: sjena — pigment
- Tagalog: siyena — pigment
- Georgian: მოწითალო-ყავისფერი (moc̣italo-q̇avisperi) — colour
- Japanese: シエナ色 (shiena shoku) — colour
- Polish: sjena — colour
- Romanian: siena — colour
- Tagalog: siyena — colour
Real reading context