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Word: Auburn
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French auborne, alborne, from Latin alburnus ‘whitish’, from albus ‘white’. The original sense was ‘yellowish white’, but the word became associated with brown because in the 16th and 17th centuries it was often written abrune or abroun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɔːbən
Dialects: British English
Definition:
(of hair) of a reddish-brown colour.
Short Definition:of reddish-brown colour
Word: Auburn
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈɔːbən
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a reddish-brown colour.
Short Definition:reddish-brown colour
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