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auburn
(ɔːbəʳn)
colour
Auburn hair is reddish brown.
...a tall woman with long auburn hair.
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auburn in British English
(ˈɔːbən)
noun
a.
a moderate reddish-brown colour
b.
(as adjective)
auburn hair
Word origin
C15 (originally meaning: blond): from Old French alborne blond, from Medieval Latin alburnus whitish, from Latin albus whiteauburn in American English
(ˈɔbərn)
adjective, noun
reddish brown
Word origin
ME auburne < OFr auborne < ML alburnus < L albus, white (see elf); meaning infl. by ME brun, brownImage ofauburn
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British English: auburn /ˈɔːbən/ ADJECTIVE
Auburn hair is reddish brown.
...a tall woman with long auburn hair.
- American English: auburn
- Arabic: كَسْتَنَائِيّ
- Brazilian Portuguese: castanho-avermelhado
- Chinese: 赤褐色
- Croatian: kestenjast
- Czech: kaštanový
- Danish: kastaniebrun
- Dutch: kastanjebruin
- European Spanish: castaño rojizo
- Finnish: punaruskea
- French: auburn
- German: kastanienbraun
- Greek: πυρόξανθος
- Italian: castani chiari ramati
- Japanese: 赤褐色の
- Korean: 적갈색의
- Norwegian: kastanjebrun
- Polish: kasztanowy
- European Portuguese: castanho avermelhado
- Romanian: castaniu
- Russian: красновато-коричневый
- Latin American Spanish: castaño color
- Swedish: kastanjebrun
- Thai: สีน้ำตาลอมแดง
- Turkish: kumral
- Ukrainian: золотисто-каштановий
- Vietnamese: màu nâu hoe đỏ
Chinese translation of 'auburn'
auburn
(ˈɔːbən)
adj
- [hair]
赤褐色的
(chìhèsè de)
(adjective)
Definition
(of hair) reddish-brown
a tall woman with long auburn hair
Synonyms
reddish-brown
tawny
russet
henna
rust-coloured
copper-coloured
chestnut-coloured
Titian red
nutbrown
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