khaki

CEFRB2

/xɑki/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A dull yellowish-brown color often used for clothing.

  2. 02

    noun

    Strong cotton cloth or clothing made from it.

Examples

  • Khaki shorts with cargo pockets do not make you an adventurer.

  • The very loose seroual trousers were made in both sand-khaki drill, and in winter-weight khaki wool for wear with the M1946 battledress blouse.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5

Also pronounced

  • /kʰɑki/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A strong cloth of wool or cotton, often used for military or other uniforms.

  2. Khaki green, a dull green colour.

  3. A dull, yellowish-brown colour, the colour of dust.

More examples

In context

  • Sami wore khaki pants.

  • 1921, War work of the Bureau of Standards, no. 46, page 54. The English Government for a long time has used a type of pigmented dope cover, khaki colored by iron pigments and lampblack, which is called P. C. 10.

  • 2007, Yuji Matsuki, American Fighters Over Europe: Colors & Markings of USAAF Fighters in WWII, page 4, →ISBN. At the end of World War I, the U.S. Army Air Service painted everything khaki. This khaki was practically the same as British PC10 and can be consid...

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from Hindustani خاکی (xākī) / ख़ाकी (xākī), from Classical Persian خَاکِی (xākī, “dusty, earthy, earth-colored”). Noun sense 5 was coined in reference to the colour of the uniform of British troops during the Second Boer War; compare rooinek.