Taupe

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /təʊp/
• US IPA: /toÊŠp/

Origin

From French taupe, from Latin talpa ("mole").

Full definition of taupe

Noun

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

Adjective

1. Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
• 1915, Ben Hecht, "Life", , November,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; ...
• 1952, Wallace Earle Stegner, "Pop Goes the Alley Cat", , February, pp. 42-52,In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, ...

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