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taupe

English

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WOTD – 25 September 2008

Etymology

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Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.

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Noun

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taupe (countable and uncountable, plural taupes)

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

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Adjective

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taupe (comparative more taupe, superlative most taupe)

  1. Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
    • November 1915, Ben Hecht, “Life”, in The Little Review:
      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; […]
    • February 1952, Wallace Earle Stegner, “Pop Goes the Alley Cat”, in Harper's Magazine:
      In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French taupe, inherited from Latin talpa.

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taupe f (plural taupes)

  1. mole (burrowing mammal)
  2. (figuratively) (espionage) mole (undercover agent)
  3. tunneler
  4. (education) higher mathematics class

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Adjective

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taupe (plural taupes)

  1. taupe

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Norman

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Etymology

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From Old French taupe, from Latin talpa.

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taupe f (plural taupes)

  1. (Jersey) mole (mammal)

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Old French

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Etymology

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From Latin talpa.

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

  1. mole (mammal)

Descendants

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  • French: taupe
  • Norman: taupe (Jersey)

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taupe m

  1. mine (place from which ore is extracted)
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