English

Noun

taupe ‎(plural taupes)

1. A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.

   taupe colour:

Translations

Adjective

taupe ‎(comparative more taupe, superlative most taupe)

1. Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
   • 1915, Ben Hecht, "Life", The Little Review, November,

     At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]

   • 1952, Wallace Earle Stegner, "Pop Goes the Alley Cat", Harper's Magazine, February, pp. 42-52,

     In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]

Translations

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• eat up

French

Etymology

From Old French taupe, from Latin talpa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /top/

Noun

taupe f ‎(plural taupes)

1. mole (burrowing mammal)
2. tunneler
3. (education) higher mathematics class

Derived terms

Adjective

taupe m, f ‎(plural taupes)

1. taupe

Norman

Etymology

From Old French taupe, from Latin talpa.

Pronunciation

Noun

taupe f ‎(plural taupes)

1. (Jersey) mole (mammal)

Synonyms

• taupîn

Old French

Etymology

From Latin talpa.

Noun

taupe f ‎(oblique plural taupes, nominative singular taupe, nominative plural taupes)

1. mole (mammal)

Descendants

• French: taupe
• Norman: taupe (Jersey)