tawny (redirected from tawnier)

taw·ny  (tôn)

n.

A light brown to brownish orange.

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[Middle English, from Anglo-Norman taune, variant of Old French tane, from past participle of taner, to tan; see tan¹.]

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tawni·ness n.

tawny adj.

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tawny, tawney [ˈtɔːnɪ]

n

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Colours)

a.  a light brown to brownish-orange colour

b.  (as adjective) tawny port

[from Old French tané, from taner to tan¹]

tawniness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

tawny - of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather tawny-brown chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

tawny [ˈtɔːnɪ] (tawnier (compar) (tawniest (superl)))

A. ADJ → leonado; (wine parlance) → ámbar oscuro, tostado

B. CPD tawny owl N → cárabo m
tawny port N → puerto m seco

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tawny [ˈtɔːni] adj → fauve (couleur)
tawny owl n → hulotte f

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tawny

adj (+er) → gelbbraun, goldbraun; tawny brown → gelbbraun; tawny port → bräunlicher Portwein, Tawny-Portwein m

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tawny [ˈtɔːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → fulvo/a

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tawny [ˈtɔːnɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) → fulvo/a

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tawny

adj tawny [ˈtoːni]

(usually of animals' fur etc) yellowish-brown. geelbruin أسْمَر مُصَفَّر жълтeникaвoкaфяв plavý gyldenbrun gelbbraun καστανόξανθος (για ζώο) leonado kollakaspruun زرد مایل به قهوه ای kellanruskea fauve צָהוֹב-חוּם पीले रंग का žutosmeđ homokszínű coklat kekuningan gulbrúnn bruno fulvo 黄かっ色の 황갈색 gelsvai rusvas dzeltenbrūns kuning keperang-perangan getaand gyllenbrun śniady, brązowawy amarelo-acastanhado arămiu желтовато-коричневый plavý, žltohnedý rjavkasto rumen žućkasto-smeđ gulbrun, läderfärgad ซึ่งมีสีน้ำตาลอมส้ม sarımtrak kahverengi 黃褐色的 рудувато-коричневий گندمي vàng nâu 黄褐色的