ochre
English
/ˈəʊkə/, /ˈoʊkɚ/
noun
Definitions
- An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide
- A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour
- (molecular biology) The stop codon sequence "UAA."
- (slang) Money, especially gold.
- Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus .
Etymology
Derived from Old French ocre derived from Latin ōchra (ochre) derived from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (pale yellow).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ὤχρα
Gloss
pale yellow
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- leucous English
- ochraceous English
- ochreish English
- ochrey English
- ochroid English
- ochroleucous English
- ochrous English
- ochra Latin
- ochraceus Latin
- ōchra Latin
- ὠχρός Ancient Greek
- ὤχρα Ancient Greek
- oker Norwegian Bokmål
- ockra Swedish
- oker Norwegian Nynorsk
- ocre Old French
- ωχρός Greek (modern)
- ωχρότητα Greek (modern)
- ocr Welsh