English Explanatory Dictionary

ochre

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A clay earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide.
  2. A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour.
  3. The stop codon sequence "UAA".
  4. Money, especially gold.
  5. Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites.
adj
  1. Having a yellow-orange colour.
  2. Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.
verb
  1. To cover or tint with ochre.
noun
  1. Obsolete spelling of okra.

Pronunciation

/ˈəʊkə/ /ˈoʊkɚ/ en-us-ochre.ogg en-au-ochre.ogg

Word forms

ochre ochres ocher ochring ochreing ochred

Etymology

From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα (ṓkhra, “pale yellow”), from ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “pale, ocher”) (modern Greek ωχρός (ochrós)).

Related words

ochrous ochreous kokowai ruddle

Derived words

brown ochre gold ochre ochraceous ochre-bellied boobook ochreish ochrey ochrish ochroid ochroleucous orange ochre purple ochre red ochre uran-ochre yellow ochre
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