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Meaning of "ochreous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OCHREOUS

ochreous  [ˈəʊkrɪəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OCHREOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Ochreous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OCHREOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

ochreous

Ochre

Ochre (/ˈoʊkər/ OH-kər; from Greek: ὠχρός, ōkhrós, (pale yellow, pale), also spelled ocher) is a natural earth pigment containing hydrated iron oxide, which ranges in color from yellow to deep orange or brown. It is also the name of the colors produced by this pigment, especially a light brownish-yellow. A variant of ochre containing a large amount of hematite, or dehydrated iron oxide, has a reddish tint known as "red ochre".

Definition of ochreous in the English dictionary

The definition of ochreous in the dictionary is relating to any of various natural earths containing ferric oxide, silica, and alumina: used as yellow or red pigments. Other definition of ochreous is relating to a moderate yellow-orange to orange colour.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OCHREOUS


Aquarius
əˈkwɛərɪəs
aureus
ˈɔːrɪəs
curious
ˈkjʊərɪəs
furious
ˈfjʊərɪəs
glorious
ˈɡlɔːrɪəs
hepatopancreas
ˌhɛpətəʊˈpæŋkrɪəs
hilarious
hɪˈlɛərɪəs
illustrious
ɪˈlʌstrɪəs
luxurious
lʌɡˈzjʊərɪəs
Marius
ˈmɛərɪəs
mysterious
mɪˈstɪərɪəs
nacreous
ˈneɪkrɪəs
notorious
nəʊˈtɔːrɪəs
pancreas
ˈpæŋkrɪəs
Sagittarius
ˌsædʒɪˈtɛərɪəs
serious
ˈsɪərɪəs
Sirius
ˈsɪrɪəs
Stradivarius
ˌstrædɪˈvɛərɪəs
various
ˈvɛərɪəs
victorious
vɪkˈtɔːrɪəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OCHREOUS

ochidore
ochlocracies
ochlocracy
ochlocrat
ochlocratic
ochlocratical
ochlocratically
ochlophobia
ochlophobiac
ochlophobic
ochone
ochraceous
ochre
ochrea
ochreae
ochrey
ochroid
ochroleucous
ochrous
ochry

WORDS THAT END LIKE OCHREOUS

arboreous
calcareous
cereous
cinereous
citreous
cupreous
ferreous
glaireous
glareous
gorgeous
miscellaneous
nectareous
semivitreous
subereous
subvitreous
sulfureous
sulphureous
tartareous
venereous
vitreous

Synonyms and antonyms of ochreous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «ochreous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OCHREOUS

Find out the translation of ochreous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of ochreous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «ochreous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

ochreous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ocre
570 millions of speakers

English

ochreous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ochreous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ochreous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

охристый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ochreous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ochreous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

ocreux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ochreous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ochreous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ochreous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

ochreous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ochreous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ochreous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ochreous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कर्कश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ochreous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

ocraceo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

ochreous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

охристий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

ochreous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ochreous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

oker
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ochreous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ochreous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of ochreous

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OCHREOUS»

The term «ochreous» is normally little used and occupies the 148.702 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OCHREOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «ochreous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «ochreous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about ochreous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OCHREOUS»

Discover the use of ochreous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to ochreous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The South Asiatic Olethreutini: (Lepidoptera Tortricidae).
Head fuscous-black, mixed with bright ochreous, face and forehead white. Palpus with basal segment black, tip above and below white; median segment white, mixed with ochreous, lower edge posteriorly and apex black, terminal segment ...
Alexey Diakonoff, 1973
2
Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: ...
scape and pedicel ochreous white, dark grey-tipped. Male flagellomeres unicolorous grey, somewhat serrate especially in distal 1/2; female flagellomeres dark grey, annulated by paler grey rings. Coloration of thorax. Scales of neck tuft, tegula ...
Lauri Kaila, 2011
3
Illustrations of British Entomology, Or a Synopsis of ...
punctured: abdomen minutely punctured : femora dusky, or pale ochreous; tibia; ochreous-red ; tarsi pale ochreous : antenna pale rufous : mandibles the same. Female without the thoracic horn, and the head armed with the two short tubercles ...
James Francis Stephens, 1832
4
Illustrations of British Entomology; Or a Synopsis of ...
173 segments pale brown, the two last each with an oblique black streak on the anterior angle, all edged with black; abdomen ochreous ; respiratory organs whitish ; legs yellow. Found, near London, in June and July, and rather abundantly in ...
Stephens (James Francis), 1835
5
Review of North American Exomalopsis (Hymenoptera, ...
Flagellum black and ferruginous; scopa ochreous, except black beneath and on apex of basitarsus bechteli. n. sp. Flagellum slender and dark; scopa black, but white anteriorly, more broadly on basitarsus, and white also beneath on tibia ...
Philip Hunter Timberlake, 1980
6
Oecophorine Genera of Australia I: The Wingia Group ...
Frons and anterior scales of side-tufts ochreous yellow. Labial palpi with second segment ochreous yellow, apical segment ochreous yellow basally, black apically. Antennae ochreous yellow, annulated with black, scape, pedicel and basal ...
IFB Common, 1994
7
World Bibliography of Rice Stem Borers: 1794-1990
Face same as in C. auricilius. Forewing R1 running together with Sc; ground coloration varies from whitish yellow variably clouded with ochreous brown scales; distinct median line oblique, ochreous brown with glossy silvery scales; discal dot ...
‎1991
8
Oecophorine Genera of Australia
Vertex and frons ochreous yellow: labial palpi light ochreous yellow, outer surface of second segment dark fuscous in basal hcill: antennae dark fuscous in basal half, paler distally, Thorax. Dorsally, anterior half dark fuscous, posterior half ...
I. F. B. Common, 2000
9
Olethreutine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
504); R3 close and parallel to R4, R4 and R5 connate; ground colour glossy whitish ochreous, costal flap with some dark grey scales distally and on costa, rest of costa with a series of white strigulae separated by orange brown streaks, with a ...
Marianne Horak, with Komai, 2006
10
The London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine and Journal ...
Gen. 751. PHILOPOTAMUS Lea. A. Antennae rather short and stout. 4~. trimaculatus Curt. 6 lines: fuscous with an ochreous or coppery tinge; similar to P. variegatm Fab., but the superior wings are more regularly sprinkled with ochreous dots.
David Brewster, Richard Phillips, Richard Taylor, 1834

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OCHREOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term ochreous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Penkava: Cheater, cheater, pumpkin eater!
Move during Freeze Tag, masticate on a wedge of fleshy ochreous squash. Yep, back in the day, you never wanted to be called a “pumpkin ... «Northwest Herald, Feb 15»
2
Katha, Myanmar: Quiet flows the Irrawaddy
I could see what Orwell had described: “The Irrawaddy flowed huge and ochreous, glittering like diamonds in the patches that caught the sun.”. «Livemint, Jan 15»
3
Shardik by Richard Adams review – beware the bear
... his blood-covered claws and the “streaked, ochreous foam” that froths from his mouth, and his eyes, “the eyes of a mad creature, inhabiting a ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»
4
Looking for old-school, live-fire grilling? Why you should eat at Branca
... Rub” t-shirts with the perma-stretched gut and the ochreous Frank's RedHot stains (or was it maple hickory sauce?) on the sleeves and collar. «The Globe and Mail, Nov 14»
5
George Orwell lived in the British colony then known as Burma for …
In other echoes, Katha, too, clings to the edge of the "huge and ochreous" river, and pedestrians heading away from the river face a reasonably ... «The Australian, Dec 13»
6
Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest—and most controversial …
The best stuff is ochreous, earthy.” He pointed out purple-gray material that he said was hematite. “Most of it was laid down about three billion ... «New Yorker, Mar 13»
7
Great Works: Large Poppies, by Emil Nolde
There are motifs here – a stuttery, ochreous path down the left, for example, or that female form just about rendered in radiant yellows, whites ... «The Independent, Sep 12»
8
The 'Road to Mandalay' returns to the river
... vantage point to observe the languid flow of the great river that George Orwell described as "huge and ochreous, glittering like diamonds". «hellomagazine.com, Mar 10»
9
THE BUTT An Exit Strategy
In the first dozen pages alone, we get “orchidaceous,” “ochreous” and “exiguous.” His characters will sometimes “expostulate” their dialogue ... «New York Times, Sep 08»

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