beige

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈbeɪʒ/, /ˈbeɪdʒ/

Noun

beige

1. A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

    

2. Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.

Translations

• French: beige
• German: Beige
• Italian: beige
• Portuguese: bege
• Russian: беж
• Spanish: beis, beige

Adjective

beige (comparative beiger, superlative beigest)

1. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
2. (informal) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.

Translations

• French: beige
• German: beige
• Italian: bigio
• Portuguese: bege
• Russian: бе́жевый
• Spanish: beis, beige

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