Taupe
Sponsored by Gill ReynoldsCame first in group 151 in round 1 with 213 votesbeat Lubricant on 203 votesbeat Portal on 175 votesbeat Communicate on 39 votes
Came fourth in group 38 in round 2 with 91 votesbeaten by Fetlock on 347 votesbeaten by Corduroy on 222 votesbeaten by Stridulation on 115 votes
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
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Noun[edit]
taupe (countable and uncountable, plural taupes)
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Adjective[edit]
taupe (comparative more taupe, superlative most taupe)
- Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
- November 1915, Ben Hecht, “Life”, in The Little Review:
- At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]
- February 1952, Wallace Earle Stegner, “Pop Goes the Alley Cat”, in Harper's Magazine:
- In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French taupe, inherited from Latin talpa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
taupe f (plural taupes)
- mole (burrowing mammal)
- (figuratively) (espionage) mole (undercover agent)
- tunneler
- (education) higher mathematics class
Derived terms[edit]
Adjective[edit]
taupe (plural taupes)
Further reading[edit]
- “taupe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French taupe, from Latin talpa.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Noun[edit]
taupe f (plural taupes)
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Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
taupe oblique singular, f (oblique plural taupes, nominative singular taupe, nominative plural taupes)
- mole (mammal)
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Etymology[edit]
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Noun[edit]
taupe m
- mine (place from which ore is extracted)