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English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman taune, from Old French tane, p.p. of taner to tan

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈtɔni/

:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɔːni|-ɔːni

Adjective

tawny

Of a light brown to brownish orange colour

Translations

Finnish: kellanruskea

Noun

tawny

A light brown to brownish orange colour

Translations

Finnish: kellanruskea

Derived terms

Category:Colors category:English adjectives

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Tawny \Taw"ny\, a. [Compar. Tawnier; superl. Tawniest.] [F.
tann['e], p. p. of tanner to tan. See Tan, v. t. & n. Cf.
Tenn['e].]
Of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or
persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the
tawny lion. "A leopard's tawny and spotted hide."
--Longfellow.
[1913 Webster]

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English colorful \colorful\ adj.
1. having striking color. Opposite of colorless.

Note: [Narrower terms: {changeable, chatoyant, iridescent,
shot}; deep, rich; flaming; fluorescent, glowing;
prismatic; psychedelic; {red, ruddy, flushed,
empurpled}]

Syn: colourful.
[WordNet 1.5]

2. striking in variety and interest. Opposite of colorless
or dull. [Narrower terms: brave, fine, gay, glorious;
flamboyant, resplendent, unrestrained; {flashy, gaudy,
jazzy, showy, snazzy, sporty}; picturesque]
[WordNet 1.5]

3. having color or a certain color; not black, white or grey;
as, colored crepe paper. Opposite of colorless and
monochrome.

Note: [Narrower terms: tinted; touched, tinged; {amber,
brownish-yellow, yellow-brown}; amethyst; {auburn,
reddish-brown}; aureate, gilded, gilt, gold, golden;
azure, cerulean, sky-blue, bright blue; {bicolor,
bicolour, bicolored, bicoloured, bichrome}; {blue,
bluish, light-blue, dark-blue}; {blushful,
blush-colored, rosy}; bottle-green; bronze, bronzy;
brown, brownish, dark-brown; buff; {canary,
canary-yellow}; caramel, caramel brown; carnation;
chartreuse; chestnut; dun; {earth-colored,
earthlike}; fuscous; {green, greenish, light-green,
dark-green}; jade, jade-green; khaki; {lavender,
lilac}; mauve; moss green, mosstone; {motley,
multicolor, culticolour, multicolored, multicoloured,
painted, particolored, particoloured, piebald, pied,
varicolored, varicoloured}; mousy, mouse-colored;
ocher, ochre; olive-brown; olive-drab; olive;
orange, orangish; peacock-blue; pink, pinkish;
purple, violet, purplish; {red, blood-red, carmine,
cerise, cherry, cherry-red, crimson, ruby, ruby-red,
scarlet}; red, reddish; rose, roseate; rose-red;
rust, rusty, rust-colored; {snuff, snuff-brown,
snuff-color, snuff-colour, snuff-colored,
snuff-coloured, mummy-brown, chukker-brown}; {sorrel,
brownish-orange}; stone, stone-gray; {straw-color,
straw-colored, straw-coloured}; tan; tangerine;
tawny; ultramarine; umber; {vermilion,
vermillion, cinibar, Chinese-red}; yellow, yellowish;
yellow-green; avocado; bay; beige; {blae
bluish-black or gray-blue)}; coral; creamy; {cress
green, cresson, watercress}; hazel; {honey,
honey-colored}; hued(postnominal); magenta;
maroon; pea-green; russet; sage, sage-green;
sea-green] [Also See: chromatic, colored, dark,
light.]

Syn: colored, coloured, in color(predicate).
[WordNet 1.5]

WordNet tawny
adj : of a light brown to brownish orange color

Moby Dictionary
beige , brown , brownish , brownish-yellow , brunet , chocolate ,
cinnamon , cocoa , cocoa-brown , coffee , coffee-brown , drab , dun ,
dun-brown , dun-drab , ecru , fawn , fawn-colored , fuscous , grege ,
hazel , khaki , lurid , nut-brown , olive-brown , olive-drab , seal ,
seal-brown , sepia , snuff-colored , sorrel , tan , taupe , toast ,
toast-brown , umber , umber-colored , walnut , walnut-brown ,
yellowish-brown