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Taupe — refers to a dark grayish brown color. The word taupe derives from the French name for the European Mole, Talpa europaea . Originally, this referred only to the average color of the French mole, [Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930… … Wikipedia
taupe — [ toup ] adjective something that is taupe is a brown gray color … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
taupe — (n.) 1880s, a mole, later (1911) dark brownish gray color (the color of moleskin), from Fr. taupe, the color, originally a mole, from L. talpa a mole … Etymology dictionary
taupe — [tōp] n. [Fr < L talpa, mole] a dark, brownish gray, the color of moleskin adj. of such a color … English World dictionary
Taupe dorée — Chrysochloridae Chrysochloridae … Wikipédia en Français
gray — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, achromatic, achromic, acier, advanced, advanced in life, advanced in years, aged, along in years, ancient, anemic, ashen, ashy, bay, bayard, black, bleak, bled white, bloodless, boring, buckskin,… … Moby Thesaurus
taupe — Synonyms and related words: Quaker colored, acier, ashen, ashy, beige, brown, brownish, brownish yellow, brunet, canescent, chocolate, cinereous, cinerous, cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa brown, coffee, coffee brown, dapple, dapple gray, dappled, dappled… … Moby Thesaurus
gray — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. dun, mousy, slaty, etc.; clouded, overcast, drab, dingy, dull, depressing, bleak; aged, old, venerable. See color, cloudiness, dejection, age. gray matter II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Between black… … English dictionary for students
taupe — 1. noun /təʊp,toʊp/ A dark brownish grey colour, the colour of moleskin. 2. adjective /təʊp,toʊp/ Of a dark brownish grey colour. At five oclock the patch of daylight above the red lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been … Wiktionary
taupe — noun Etymology: French, literally, mole, from Old French, from Latin talpa Date: circa 1909 a brownish gray … New Collegiate Dictionary
