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For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical diversity and grandeur; but above all else, by the sheer variety of the colors of its people, from tan and sepia to jet and ebony.
Henry Louis Gates

Meaning of "sepia" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SEPIA

From Latin: a cuttlefish, from Greek; related to Greek sēpein to make rotten.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SEPIA

sepia  [ˈsiːpɪə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SEPIA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sepia can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SEPIA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sepia in the English dictionary

The first definition of sepia in the dictionary is a dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish. Other definition of sepia is any cuttlefish of the genus Sepia. Sepia is also a brownish tone imparted to a photograph, esp an early one such as a calotype. It can be produced by first bleaching a print and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SEPIA


appear
əˈpɪə
chirpier
ˈtʃɜːpɪə
copier
ˈkɒpɪə
croupier
ˈkruːpɪə
disappear
ˌdɪsəˈpɪə
Ethiopia
ˌiːθɪˈəʊpɪə
happier
ˈhæpɪə
loopier
ˈluːpɪə
marsupia
mɑːˈsjuːpɪə
Napier
ˈneɪpɪə
Olympia
əˈlɪmpɪə
peer
pɪə
pier
pɪə
Pierre
pɪə
pompier
ˈpɒmpɪə
rupia
ˈruːpɪə
Shakespeare
ˈʃeɪkspɪə
spear
spɪə
tilapia
tɪˈlæpɪə
Utopia
juːˈtəʊpɪə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SEPIA

separatively
separativeness
separator
separatory
separatrices
separatrix
separatum
Sephardi
Sephardic
Sephardim
sephen
sepia drawing
sepic
sepiment
sepiolite
sepiost
sepiostaire
sepium
sepmag
sepoy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SEPIA

amblyopia
anisometropia
cecropia
cornucopia
diplopia
dystopia
ectopia
esotropia
exotropia
hemianopia
heterotopia
hypermetropia
hyperopia
myopia
photopia
pia
presbyopia
principia
sinopia
subtopia

Synonyms and antonyms of sepia in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sepia» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SEPIA

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

Translator English - Chinese

怀旧
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sepia
570 millions of speakers

English

sepia
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

एक प्रकार की मछली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بني داكن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сепия
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sépia
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেপিয়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sépia
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sepia
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sepia
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

セピア
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

세피아
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sepia
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

loại cá mực
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

செபியா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सेपिया
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sepya
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

nero di seppia
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sepia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сепія
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sepia
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σέπια
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sepia
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sepia
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sepia
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sepia

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SEPIA»

The term «sepia» is very widely used and occupies the 17.090 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SEPIA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sepia» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sepia» 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 sepia

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3 QUOTES WITH «SEPIA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sepia.
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Henry Louis Gates
For as long as I can remember, I have been passionately intrigued by 'Africa,' by the word itself, by its flora and fauna, its topographical diversity and grandeur; but above all else, by the sheer variety of the colors of its people, from tan and sepia to jet and ebony.
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Ellen Hopkins
Without poetry, stories would be told in sepia.
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Martin Parr
Sepia in particular tends to make everything look a bit romantic and almost sentimental, hence the fact that it remains such a popular choice for wedding photographs.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SEPIA»

Discover the use of sepia in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sepia and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Sepia Leaves
In The 1970S, India Is Reeling Under Emergency And In Rourkela, A Nehruvian Dream Town In Orissa, A Small Boy Is Struggling To Deal With Hos Dysfunctional Family.
Amandeep Sandhu, 2008
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Sepia Prints: Memoirs of a Missionary in India
Your affection for India is evident throughout." The style of SEPIA PRINTS is a collection of vignettes describing the life & times in India. These short stories are meant to provide insights & inspiration for the reader.
Viola Bergthold Wiebe, Marilyn Wiebe Dodge, 1990
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A Homeopathic Guide to Partnership and Compatibility: ...
Sepia Partnerships The Sepia Woman The Emotional Need for Freedom within Sepia Sepia is the only constitution that I discuss exclusively from a female bias. Sepia women need independence and freedom in relationships if they are to ...
Liz Lalor, 2004
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Engineering Drawing and Design
The diazo process is performed with material called sepia. Sepia prints normally form dark brown lines on a clear (translucent) background; therefore, they are sometimes called brown lines. In addition to being used as a secondary original to ...
David A. Madsen, 2001
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Homeopathic Psychology: Personality Profiles of the Major ...
Sepia. Keynote: The independent woman epia is a predominantly female type, and like Ignatia, Pulsatilla and Natrum Muriaticum, it constitutes its own unique ' version' of woman. One could say that each of these types represents a different ...
Philip M. Bailey, 1995
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Homeopathic Medicines for Pregnancy and Childbirth
Trituration of the ink of Sepia officinalis, N. O. Cephalopoda, the cuttlefish. As with PULSATILLA, all of the symptoms and ailments that call for SEPIA tend to be accentuated during and after pregnancy and before and during the menstrual ...
Richard Moskowitz, 1992
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Cephalopods of the World: Chambered nautiluses and sepioids ...
Sepia ramani Neethiselvan, 2001 Sepia recurvirostra Steenstrup, 1875 Sepia reesi Adam, 1979 Sepia savignyi Blainville, 1827 Sepia saya Khomov, Nikitina and Nesis 1991 Sepia senta Lu and Reid, 1997 Sepia sewelli Adam and Rees, ...
P. Jereb, Clyde F. E. Roper, 2005
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Beyond the Veil of Delusions, Understanding Relationships ...
Sepia Succus is a mild mannered, timid, absent minded type who spends a lot of time buried in thought. She is introspective, meditative, and loves to day dream and theorize. Naturally, she is calm and serene, with a tendency to be critical and  ...
Mati H. Fuller, 2007
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Sams Teach Yourself Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 in 24 Hours
It's called sepia, and it comes from dipping the finished print in a bath of squid ink and water. Sepia toning was done to give the print a rich, warm quality rather than the original drab gray. This process also had the effect of stabilizing the print , ...
Carla Rose, Jennifer Fulton, 2003
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Songs in Sepia and Black & White
3 Songs in Sepia and Black and White There was a handsome man who parted his hair down the middle, a man who left way too young. Died at thirty-three, father of six, the eldest only twelve. This man played the mandolin, sang German  ...
Norbert Krapf, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SEPIA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sepia is used in the context of the following news items.
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Why I'm Addicted to Browsing Sepia Photos of Old-School NYC
The pop-up photos, bathed in various shades of nostalgic sepia tone, summon ghosts of cast-iron buildings, elevated subway stations, steel-framed gas storage ... «Wired, Jul 15»
2
Sepia in Sydney restaurant review – the decor is serious, the food is …
It was one of only three Australian establishments to make it into last week's list of the world's hottest 100 restaurants. So does Sepia live up to the hype? «The Guardian, Jun 15»
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Melbourne's Attica tops Australian entries in world's 50 best …
The One to Watch award went to Sepia in Sydney, a restaurant already on the list (in 84th place) - which won first place last month in the Australian Financial ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jun 15»
4
World's Best Restaurants 2015 List Includes Aussie Restaurants …
As for Brae and Sepia, these establishments are newcomers on the best restaurants of the world list. Sepia is Top 84 while Brae is Top 87. Sepia is located on ... «International Business Times AU, May 15»
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Owners Marting Benn and wife Vicki Wild's Sepia restaurant …
Sepia in Sydney and Brae in Birregurra, Victoria debuted on this year's list with ... Sepia co-owner, Vicki Wild, told news.com.au it was an amazing achievement. «NEWS.com.au, May 15»
6
Chefs' favourite restaurants - the secret to three successes
Chef Martin Benn in his Restaurant Sepia, on Sussex St, Sydney. Sepia was voted number one in The Australian Financial Review's Top 100 Restaurants. «The Australian Financial Review, May 15»
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How Australia's top restaurants like Sepia make the numbers work
Sepia recently shifted to offering a degustation experience exclusively, which he says forces him to constantly evolve, with his Japanese-influenced menu ... «BRW, May 15»
8
From sepia to "selfies": 175 years of photography
NEW YORK --If a "selfie" is the first picture you take at this New York Public Library photography exhibition, you're doing it right. Walk through the entrance, and ... «CBS News, May 15»
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Restaurateurs vote Sepia and Martin Benn Australia's No. 1 in Top …
Sydney's Sepia has been ranked first in The Australian Financial Review Australia's Top Restaurants, presented by Qantas Airways and Vittoria Coffee, and the ... «The Australian Financial Review, May 15»
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Sepia wins AFR's top restaurant award
Martin Benn of Sepia restaurant accepts the award for top chef at the AFR Australia's Top Restaurants awards, at Melbourne's Crown Casino. Paul Jeffers. «The Australian Financial Review, May 15»

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