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語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /təʊp/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /toʊp/
• 韻: -əʊp
• Homophone: tope

名詞

taupe (countable and uncountable, plural taupes)

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

   taupe:  

形容詞

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, […]

参考

• Appendix:Colors

アナグラム

• ate up, eat up