A moderate reddish brown to brown.
[Middle English, from Old French aborne, blond, from Latin alburnus, whitish, from albus, white.]
auburn au'burn adj.
auburn
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au·burn (ô'bərn)  |
n.
A moderate reddish brown to brown.
A moderate reddish brown to brown.
| WordNet: auburn |
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The adjective has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
(of hair) "auburn hair"
Synonym: reddish-brown
| Wikipedia: Auburn hair |
Auburn may be described as somewhere between brown and red hair. Auburn comes from Old French alborne, which meant blond, from Latin alburnus ("off-white"). The first recorded use of auburn in English was in 1430.[1][2] In hair color, auburn is frequently misused as a synonym for red.
The chemicals which cause auburn hair are pheomelanin and high levels of brown eumelanin. It is common in Europe, but rare elsewhere.
In cosmetology, a brighter shade called vivid auburn is used for dyeing hair.
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Auburn in human culture
Auburn hair occurs almost solely in the European phenotype. The Roman writer Tacitus wrote that the hair of the Germanic peoples was rutilus, which is Latin for "auburn" or "golden blond."
Though the word was in use in the English language by 1430, the bastardization abram was frequently used.[3]
Today in the United States of America, the color chosen by the American Council on Education (ACE) to represent such fields of learning as forestry, environmental studies, and natural resource management is called, "russet,"[4] but in practice schools and suppliers of academic regalia use an auburn.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Auburn" in the Online Etymology Dictionary
- ^ Maerz and Paul A Dictionary of Color New York:1930 McGraw-Hill Page 190; Color Sample of Auburn Page 37 Plate 7 Color Sample C11
- ^ The Wordsworth Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
- ^ An Academic Costume Code and An Academic Ceremony Guide, American Council on Education
- ^ Academic Degree Colors, Herff Jones
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| Translations: Auburn |
Dansk (Danish)
adj. - rødbrun, kastanjebrun
n. - rødbrun, rødbrun farve
Nederlands (Dutch)
kastanjebruin, met roodbruin haar
Français (French)
adj. - auburn
n. - auburn
Deutsch (German)
adj. - kastanienbraun
n. - Kastanienbraun (Farbe)
Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πυρρόξανθος, καστανοκόκκινος
Italiano (Italian)
bronzeo, castano
Português (Portuguese)
adj. - castanho-avermelhado
Русский (Russian)
золотисто-каш- тановый, рыжеватый
Español (Spanish)
adj. - castaño, de color castaño
n. - castaño
Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - kastanjebrun, rödbrun
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
赤褐色的, 赭色的, 赤褐色, 赭色
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 赤褐色的, 赭色的
n. - 赤褐色, 赭色
한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 적갈색의
n. - 적갈색
日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 赤褐色の
n. - 赤褐色
العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) اسمر محمر
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ערמוני (שיער)
n. - צבע חום-אדמדם
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