tawny

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• Received-Pronunciation: tôʹnē
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtɔːni/
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• General-American: /ˈtɔni/
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• General-American: /ˈtɑ-/
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• rhymes with -ɔːni
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• CMU ARPABET: T AA1 N IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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The adjective is derived from Middle English tauni, tawne (“having a brownish-orange colour”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman taune, tawné, and Old French tané, tanné, tanney (“of a tan colour”), an adjective use of the past participle of taner (“to turn hide into leather, tan”), from tan (“pulped oak bark used to tan leather, tanbark”), ultimately from Proto-Celtic *tannos (“green oak”); further etymology uncertain, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)dhnwos, *(s)dhonu (“fir”). The -aw- spelling (also -au- in Middle English) seems to have been due to the pronunciation of Old French tané. The verb is derived from the adjective. Cognates * Breton tann * Medieval Latin tannāre (“to dye a tawny color; to tan”) * Old Irish caerthann (“rowan”)

From Middle English tauni, tawne (“brownish-orange colour; cloth of this colour; sweet beverage of this colour”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman tawné, and Old French tané, tanné, tanney (“tan colour; cloth of this colour”), from tané (verb): see further at etymology 1. Sense 2.1 (“Eurasian bullfinch”) is due to the brown colour of the female.

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: آدَم (ʔādam) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Arabic: أَمْغَر (ʔamḡar) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Arabic: أَشْقَر (ʔašqar) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Arabic: أَشْهَل (ʔašhal) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Arabic: أَشْعَل (ʔašʕal) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Old Armenian: շէկ (šēk) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Old Armenian: թուխ (tʻux) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Bulgarian: светлокафяв (svetlokafjav) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Catalan: falb — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Catalan: lleonat — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Czech: žlutohnědý — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Danish: gulbrun — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Danish: gyldenbrun — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Dutch: tanig — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Estonian: kõrb — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Finnish: kellanruskea — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• French: fauve — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Galician: cerviño — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Galician: rubio — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• German: gelbbraun — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• German: lohfarben — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Ancient Greek: δᾰφοινός (dăphoinós) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Ancient Greek: κῐρρός (kĭrrhós) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Ancient Greek: κνηκός (knēkós) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Ancient Greek: πῠρρός (pŭrrhós) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Ancient Greek: ξᾰνθός (xănthós) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Hindi: पिंग (piṅg) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Hungarian: világosbarna — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Ido: falva — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Irish: crón — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Old Irish: donn — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Italian: focato — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Italian: fulvo — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Italian: leonado — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Italian: lionato — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Italian: ocra — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Kaitag: ккамс (kkams) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Latin: aurantius — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Latin: cervīnus — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Latin: fulvēscēns — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Latin: fulvus — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Latin: rāvus — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Macedonian: светлока́феав (svetlokáfeav) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Maltese: għasli — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Manx: ouyr — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Māori: peapeau — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Middle English: tauni — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Middle English: tawne — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Mongolian: шарга (šarga) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Persian: گندمگون (gandomgūn) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Polish: rusy — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Polish: śniady — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Polish: płowy — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Portuguese: bege — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Portuguese: ocre — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Portuguese: pardo — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Portuguese: trigueiro — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Portuguese: ruço — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Portuguese: burro quando foge — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Portuguese: cor de burro quando foge — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Russian: рыжева́то-кори́чневый (ryževáto-koríčnevyj) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Lule-Sami: russjkat — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: बभ्रु (babhru) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: हरि (hari) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: पिङ्ग (piṅga) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: पिङ्गल (piṅgala) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: पिञ्जर (piñjara) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: पिशङ्ग (piśaṅga) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: शाव (śāva) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: beige — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: leonado — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: pardo — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: trigueño — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: musco (disused) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: musgo — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Swedish: gulbrun — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Swedish: gyllenbrun — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Tachawit: awres — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Telugu: హరి (hari) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Telugu: కపిలము (kapilamu) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Telugu: పింగళము (piṅgaḷamu) — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Vietnamese: ngăm — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Welsh: llwydfelyn — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Welsh: melynllwyd — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Xhosa: mpôfu — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Zulu: mpôfu — of a light brown to brownish orange colour
• Afrikaans: oranjebruin — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Arabic: صُحْرَة (ṣuḥra) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 茶褐色 (cháhèsè, cháhésè) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 黃褐色 /黄褐色 (huánghèsè) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Czech: žlutohnědá — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Finnish: kellanruskea — light brown to brownish orange colour
• French: fauve — light brown to brownish orange colour
• West-Frisian: taan — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Hungarian: világosbarna — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Indonesian: soga — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Irish: crón — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Italian: tenné — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Japanese: 茶褐色 (chakasshoku) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Korean: 다갈색 (dagalsaek) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Middle English: tauni — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Middle English: tawne — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Romanian: lignicolor — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: अरुण (aruṇa) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Sanskrit: कद्रु (kadru) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: león — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: pardo león — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Spanish: color leonado — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Tamil: கபிலம் (kapilam) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Tamil: பிசங்கம் (picaṅkam) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Tamil: பிங்கலம் (piṅkalam) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Tamil: பிங்கம் (piṅkam) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Telugu: కడారము (kaḍāramu) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Telugu: కాషాయము (kāṣāyamu) — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Zulu: úbumpôfu — light brown to brownish orange colour
• Finnish: kellanruskea — something of a light brown or brownish orange colour
• Finnish: tawny port — sweet, fortified port wine which is blended and matured in wooden casks