"What's your favourite colour? Do you have a favourite colour?" "My favourite colour is ochre."
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Ochre
//ˈoʊkɚ//
Synonyms for "ochre" (4 found)
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117 translations across 40 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- oker adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- okergeel adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- oker noun (earth pigment)
- okergeel noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ὠχρός adj (having yellow-orange colour)
Armenian
4 entries- դեղնակարմիր adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- դեղնահող noun (earth pigment)
- դեղնդեղ noun (earth pigment)
- օխրա noun (earth pigment)
Bulgarian
1 entries- охра noun (earth pigment)
Catalan
4 entries- ocraci adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocre adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocre noun (earth pigment)
- ocre noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Czech
3 entries- okrový adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- okr noun (earth pigment)
- okr noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Dutch
4 entries- oker adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- okerkleurig adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- oker noun (earth pigment)
- oker noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Finnish
4 entries- okra adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- okrahauta adj (in archeology)
- okrankeltainen adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- keltamulta noun (earth pigment)
French
3 entries- ocre adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocre noun (earth pigment)
- ocre noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Galician
3 entries- ocre adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocre noun (earth pigment)
- ocre noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Georgian
3 entries- ოქრა noun (earth pigment)
- ჟანგისფერი noun (yellowish-orange colour)
- ჟანგმიწა noun (earth pigment)
German
4 entries- ocker adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ockerfarben adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ockern adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- Ocker noun (earth pigment)
Greek
4 entries- ωχρός adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- υποκίτρινο noun (yellowish-orange colour)
- ώχρα noun (earth pigment)
- ώχρα noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Hungarian
4 entries- okker adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- okkersárga adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- okker noun (earth pigment)
- okker noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Indonesian
1 entries- oker noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Irish
2 entries- ócair adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ócar noun (earth pigment)
Italian
1 entries- ocra noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Japanese
3 entries- オーカー noun (yellowish-orange colour)
- 黄土 noun (earth pigment)
- 黄土色 noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Kalmyk
1 entries- шарц noun (earth pigment)
Karakalpak
1 entries- josa noun (earth pigment)
Korean
1 entries- 황토 noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Latvian
1 entries- okers noun (earth pigment)
Malagasy
2 entries- bibidia adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- bibidia noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Malay
2 entries- hartal noun (yellowish-orange colour)
- oker noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Māori
4 entries- hōrua adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- kōkōwai adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- pākākā adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- kōkōwai noun (earth pigment)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- okergul adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- oker noun (earth pigment)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- okergul adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- oker noun (earth pigment)
Persian
3 entries- اخرا noun (earth pigment)
- فاده noun (earth pigment)
- گلک noun (earth pigment)
Polish
4 entries- ochrowy adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ochrowy adj (in archeology)
- ochra noun (earth pigment)
- ochra noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Portuguese
4 entries- ocre adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocra noun (earth pigment)
- ocra noun (yellowish-orange colour)
- ocre noun (earth pigment)
Romanian
3 entries- ocru adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocru noun (earth pigment)
- ocru noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Russian
4 entries- жёлто-оранжевый adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- жёлто-оранжевый цвет noun (yellowish-orange colour)
- о́хра noun (earth pigment)
- охра noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- oker noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Spanish
3 entries- ocre adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocre noun (earth pigment)
- ocre noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Swedish
2 entries- ockra noun (earth pigment)
- ockra noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Tagalog
1 entries- okre noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Translingual
1 entries- ochreus adj (having yellow-orange colour)
Ukrainian
4 entries- во́христий adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- вохряни́й adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- во́хра noun (earth pigment)
- во́хра noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thổ hoàng noun (yellowish-orange colour)
Welsh
4 entries- melynaidd adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocr adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocraidd adj (having yellow-orange colour)
- ocr noun (earth pigment)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The cliffs glowed a deep ochre in the evening sunlight.
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She painted the walls a warm shade of ochre to make the room feel inviting.
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Archaeologists found traces of ochre used for ritual body painting.
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