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Definition ochre

Etymology 1

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ?chra, from Ancient Greek ???? (?khra, “pale yellow”), from ????? (?khrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ????? (ochrós)).

Noun

ochre (countable and uncountable, plural ochres)

1. An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide
2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour
3. (molecular biology, colloquial) The stop codon sequence "UAA."
4. (slang) Money, especially gold.
5. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.

Adjective

ochre (not comparable)

1. Having a yellow-orange colour.
2. (archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.

Verb

ochre (third-person singular simple present ochres, present participle ochring or ochreing, simple past and past participle ochred)

1. To cover or tint with ochre.

Etymology 2

From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ??k??r??, but cf. Akan ?kr?mã and ?krakra (“broth”).

Noun

ochre (countable and uncountable, plural ochres)

1. (obsolete) Alternative form of okra.

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