sepia (redirected from sepias)

se·pi·a  (sp-)

n.

1.

a. A dark brown ink or pigment originally prepared from the secretion of the cuttlefish.

b. A drawing or picture done in this pigment.

c. A photograph in a brown tint.

2. A dark grayish yellow brown to dark or moderate olive brown.

adj.

1. Of the color sepia.

2. Done or made in sepia.

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[Middle English, cuttlefish, from Latin spia, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek spi, cuttlefish; perhaps akin to spein, to make rotten.]

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sepia [ˈsiːpɪə]

n

1. (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any cuttlefish of the genus Sepia

3. (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a brownish tone imparted to a photograph, esp an early one such as a calotype. It can be produced by first bleaching a print (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) a brownish-grey to dark yellowish-brown colour

5. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) a drawing or photograph in sepia

adj

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Art Terms) (Miscellaneous Technologies / Photography) of the colour sepia or done in sepia a sepia print

[from Latin: a cuttlefish, from Greek; related to Greek sēpein to make rotten]

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sepia - A cuttlefish, the origin of the brown pigment prepared from a secretion of the fish.

See also related terms for secretion.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sepia - a shade of brown with a tinge of red burnt sienna, reddish brown, Venetian red, mahogany brown, brownness - an orange of low brightness and saturation brick red - a bright reddish-brown color copper color, copper - a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper Indian red - a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians
	2.	sepia - rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
	3.	Sepia - type genus of the Sepiidae genus Sepia mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks family Sepiidae, Sepiidae - true cuttlefishes cuttle, cuttlefish - ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell

Translations

sepia [ˈsiːpɪə]

A. N (= colour, ink) → sepia f

B. CPD → color sepia

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sepia [ˈsiːpiə] adj [photograph, print] → sépia inv

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sepia

n → Sepia f

adj → Sepia-; (also sepia-coloured) → sepia(farben); sepia drawing → Sepiazeichnung f

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sepia [ˈsiːpjə] n → nero di seppia

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sepia

n / adj sepia [ˈsiːpiə]

(of) a brown colour a sepia photograph. sepia لَوْن بُنّي داكِن сепия sépie, sépiový brun; sepia Sepia (Farbstoff) (από) καφέ, καστανό χρώμα sepia seepiapruun قهوه اي مايل به قرمز seepia sépia צֶבַע חוּם समुद्रफेनी मत्सय द्वारा विसर्जित स्याही sepija (boja) szépia warna coklat dökkbrúnn (litur) seppiafotografia color seppia セピア色の 암갈색(의) sepija; tamsiai rusvas sēpija warna sepia sepia sepiabrun(t) sepia sépia sepia сепия sépia; sépiový sepija cvrenkasto-braon sepiabrun สีน้ำตาลแก่อย่างรูปถ่าย kahverengi 深棕色的 сепія گہرا سرخی مائل بھورا رنگ màu nâu đỏ 深棕色的