ochre

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)). ==== Alternative forms ==== ocher (chiefly US, rare) ==== Pronunciation ==== (UK) IPA(key): /ˈəʊkə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈoʊkɚ/ Rhymes: -əʊkə(ɹ) ==== Noun ==== ochre (countable and uncountable, plural ochres) A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour. (molecular biology, colloquial) The stop codon sequence "UAA". (slang, dated) Money, especially gold. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== → Irish: ócar → Welsh: ocr ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== ochre (not comparable) Having a yellow-orange colour. (archaeology) Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre. ===== Translations ===== ==== Verb ==== ochre (third-person singular simple present ochres, present participle ochring or ochreing, simple past and past participle ochred) To cover or tint with ochre. ==== See also ==== ochrous / ochreous kokowai ruddle Appendix:Colors === Etymology 2 === From an unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀, but compare Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra (“broth”). ==== Noun ==== ochre (countable and uncountable, plural ochres) (obsolete) Alternative form of okra. === References === “ochre”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ochre”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “okra, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. === Anagrams === -chore, Roche, chore, ocher, roche