ochre

CEFRB2

/ˈəʊkə/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A yellow or brown earth color used as pigment.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.

Examples

  • The cliffs glowed a deep ochre in the evening sunlight.

  • "What's your favourite colour? Do you have a favourite colour?" "My favourite colour is ochre."

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈoʊkɚ/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The stop codon sequence "UAA".

  2. A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.

  3. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.

More examples

In context

  • ‘What does he come here cheeking us for, then?’ cried Master Kidderminster, showing a very irascible temperament. ‘If you want to cheek us, pay your ochre at the doors and take it out.’

  • The sun gloats in the sky, casting a gleam on the pasture where there was so much umbering and ochreing only moments before.

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The prehistoric painter used a natural yellow blank from the soil to create images of animals.

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Origin

noun

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).