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se·pi·a
(sē′pē-ə)n.
1.
a. A dark brown ink or pigment originally prepared from the secretion of the cuttlefish.
b. A drawing or picture done in this pigment.
c. A photograph in a brown tint.
2. A dark grayish yellow brown to dark or moderate olive brown.
adj.
1. Of the color sepia.
2. Done or made in sepia.
[Middle English, cuttlefish, from Latin sēpia, cuttlefish, ink, from Greek sēpiā, cuttlefish; perhaps akin to sēpein, to make rotten.]
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sepia
(ˈsiːpɪə)n
1. (Elements & Compounds) a dark reddish-brown pigment obtained from the inky secretion of the cuttlefish
2. (Animals) any cuttlefish of the genus Sepia
3. (Photography) a brownish tone imparted to a photograph, esp an early one such as a calotype. It can be produced by first bleaching a print (after fixing) and then immersing it for a short time in a solution of sodium sulphide or of alkaline thiourea
4. (Colours) a brownish-grey to dark yellowish-brown colour
5. (Art Terms) a drawing or photograph in sepia
6. (Photography) a drawing or photograph in sepia
adj
7. (Colours) Also (rare): sepic of the colour sepia or done in sepia: a sepia print.
8. (Art Terms) Also (rare): sepic of the colour sepia or done in sepia: a sepia print.
9. (Photography) Also (rare): sepic of the colour sepia or done in sepia: a sepia print.
[C16: from Latin: a cuttlefish, from Greek; related to Greek sēpein to make rotten]
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se•pi•a
(ˈsi pi ə)n., pl. pi•as,
adj. n.
1. a brown pigment obtained from the secretion of various cuttlefish and used in drawing.
2. a drawing made with sepia.
3. a dark brown.
4. a print or photograph made in this color.
adj. 5. of a brown, grayish brown, or olive brown similar to that of sepia ink.
[1560–70; < Latin sēpia cuttlefish < Greek sēpía]
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sepia
- A cuttlefish, the origin of the brown pigment prepared from a secretion of the fish.See also related terms for secretion.
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Noun 1. [画像:sepia - a shade of brown with a tinge of red]sepia - a shade of brown with a tinge of red
brick red - a bright reddish-brown color
copper color, copper - a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper
Indian red - a reddish-brown color resembling the red soil used as body paint by American Indians
2. sepia - rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
pigment - dry coloring material (especially a powder to be mixed with a liquid to produce paint, etc.)
3. Sepia - type genus of the Sepiidae
mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks
family Sepiidae, Sepiidae - true cuttlefishes
cuttle, cuttlefish - ten-armed oval-bodied cephalopod with narrow fins as long as the body and a large calcareous internal shell
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Translations
لَوْن بُنّي داكِن
sépiesépiový
brunsepia
szépia
dökkbrúnn
tamsiai rusvas
sēpija
sépiový
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sepia
n → Sepia f
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sepia
(ˈsiːpiə) noun, adjective (of) a brown colour. a sepia photograph. sepia لَوْن بُنّي داكِن сепия sépia sépie, sépiový Sepia brun; sepia καφέ, καστανό χρώμα sepia seepiapruun قهوه اي مايل به قرمز seepia sépia צֶבַע חוּם समुद्रफेनी मत्सय द्वारा विसर्जित स्याही sepija (boja) szépia warna coklat dökkbrúnn (litur) seppiafotografia color seppia セピア色の 암갈색(의) sepija; tamsiai rusvas sēpija warna sepia sepia sepiabrun sepia سور رنګه قهوه sépia sepia сепия sépia; sépiový sepija cvrenkasto-braon sepiabrun สีน้ําตาลแก่อย่างรูปถ่าย kahverengi 深棕色的 сепія گہرا سرخی مائل بھورا رنگ màu nâu đỏ 深棕色的
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