adj
Meaning 1
Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
taupe
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Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /təʊp/
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Canada, General-American: /toʊp/
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rhymes with -əʊp
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homophone: tope
noun
Meaning 2
A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
of something having a dusky brownish grey color
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fuscous
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
a greyish brown
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: brown, brownness
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: hnědošedý — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- Dutch: taupe — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- Estonian: pruunikashall — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- Finnish: ruskeanharmaa — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- German: maulwurfgrau — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- German: taupe — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- Italian: topato — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- Polish: szarobrązowy — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- Spanish: pardo — of a dark brownish-gray colour
- Bulgarian: тъмносив — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Chinese Mandarin: 褐灰色 — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Dutch: taupe — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Estonian: pruunikashall — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Finnish: ruskeanharmaa — a dark brownish-gray colour
- German: braungrau — a dark brownish-gray colour
- German: maulwurfsgrau — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Hungarian: tób — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Hungarian: tóp — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Italian: talpa — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Korean: 회갈색 (hoegalsaek) — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Polish: szarobrązowy — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Spanish: talpa — a dark brownish-gray colour
- Spanish: pardo — a dark brownish-gray colour
Real reading context