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Definition: Beige |
BeigeAdjective1. Of a light grayish-brown color. Noun1. A very light brown. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "beige" was first used: 1858. (references) |
Etymology: Beige \Beige\, noun. [French expression]. (references) |
Synonym: BeigeSynonym: ecru (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Beige |
| Specialty definitions using "beige": beige toaster ♦ Chediak-Higashi Syndrome ♦ Macintrash. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "beige": Debeige. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Beige" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Afrikaan (beige), Dutch (beige), French (beige), German (beige, biscuit), Italian (beige), Norwegian (beige), Spanish (beige, biscuit, fawn), Swedish (beige). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I want to go out but everything that I own is beige. (The Banger Sisters; writing credit: Bob Dolman) When all this is over, you'll go back home driving Carla and your baby insane in your beige Volvo (The Rock; writing credit: David Weisberg; Douglas Cook) Your Neutralness, it's a beige alert (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| "Beige mouse" by Carlos Gustavo Curado Commentary: "Mac old-style beige mouse." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. |
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Business | Most female customers prefer traditional colors (white, black or beige) and patterns. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Beige" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.79% of the time. "Beige" is used about 181 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.79% | 177 | 23,322 |
| Noun (singular) | 2.21% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Total | 100.00% | 181 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| South Africa | Beige Holdings Limited |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "beige": beige mouse ♦ beige toaster. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "beige": beige-and-dark-brown, beige-carpeted, beige-gold, beige-toned. | |
Ending with "beige": light-beige. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "beige"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | beige. (various references) | |
Albanian | bojë bezh, bezh. (various references) | |
Arabic | لون الصوف الطبيعي, البيج, بني فاتح اللون. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | небелен плат, бежов. (various references) | |
Chinese | 米黄. (various references) | |
Czech | béžový, béžová barva (biscuit). (various references) | |
Danish | gullighvid (whitish beige). (various references) | |
Dutch | beige. (various references) | |
Esperanto | flavgriza. (various references) | |
Farsi | رنگ قهوه ای روشن مایل بزردوخاکستری . (various references) | |
French | beige. (various references) | |
German | beige (biscuit). (various references) | |
Greek | μπεζ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | חום בהיר (fawn, light bay). (various references) | |
Hungarian | bézs. (various references) | |
Italian | bigio (grey), beige. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ヘ長調 (a hike in the basic wagebase up, bacon, bailout, bake off, baked potato, Bakelite, bakery, baking powder, bare look, bare top, base, base camp, base coach, base down, basement, BASIC, Basic English, bass, bassist, Bayes, Bayesian, Bayrische Motorenwerke, bearing, Beethoven, Behcet, Beirut, Belgrade, beta, betatron, BMW, F major, kiss, salary increase, to base something on, to make something the basis, valium, vector, Vega, veil, version of English with a maximum of 850 basic words). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ベージュ . (various references) | |
Korean | 베이지색. (various references) | |
Manx | baysh. (various references) | |
Norwegian | beige. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eigebay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | bege, tecido de lã crua, cor bege. (various references) | |
Romanian | bej. (various references) | |
Russian | бежевый. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | bež boja, bež. (various references) | |
Spanish | beige (biscuit, fawn). (various references) | |
Swedish | beige. (various references) | |
Thai | สีน้ำตาลอ่อน (ecru). (various references) | |
Turkish | bej (cream). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тканина з нефарбованої вовни, колір беж, бежевий. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vải len mộc màu be. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Old French | 900-1400 | bege. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "beige": beiges. (additional references) | |
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"Beige" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: baige, Baigue, baije, Bauge, Bedgey, beeeee, beegen, befice, bege, begi, begil, begile, begine, Begio, beide, beiged, beigey, beigh, beigy, Beije, beile, beinee, beinge, beire, beize, Belge, berge, Besigye, beue, beuge, Beuve, beye, biage, Biagi, biege, bienge, biere, Biga, Bigge, bigi, bigme, blige, Breig, Breugel, Brigge, deige, Ebie, ebige, Eige, ewige, Feige, neige, teige, weige. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-e-e-g-i" | |
-1 letter: gibe. | |
-2 letters: bee, beg, big, gee, gib, gie. | |
-3 letters: be, bi. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-e-e-g-i" | |
+1 letter: beiges, bigeye. | |
+2 letters: beefing, beeping, begrime, beguile, beguine, beignet, besiege, bigeyes, bigfeet, iceberg, legible, obligee, rebegin. | |
+3 letters: bedewing, beeswing, beetling, befinger, befringe, beginner, begirded, begirdle, begrimed, begrimes, beguiled, beguiler, beguiles, beguines, beignets, bemingle, beringed, besieged, besieger, besieges, beveling, bewigged, bewinged, bleeding, bleeping, breeding, breezing, eligible, exigible, gerbille, gibbered, gibbeted, giveable, icebergs, obligees, rebegins, verbiage. | |
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