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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

Adjective

brown to brownish-orange [Old French tané]

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] adj → leonado

tawny [ˈtɔːnɪ] adj → fauve (couleur)

tawny [ˈtɔːnɪ] adj → gelbbraun

tawny [ˈtɔːnɪ] adj → 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 황갈색의 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