Definitions of tawny [ˈtɔ ni]

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Definition of 'tawny'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) tawny
of a dark yellowish or yellowish brown color; yellowish or dullish golden brown.

2. (n.) tawny
tawny color.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME tauny < AF taune; MF tané, ptp. of taner to tan¹)

Definition of 'tawny'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (adj) tawny, tawny-brown
of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather

Definition of 'tawny'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tawny
of a dull yellowish brown color, like things tanned, or persons who are sunburnt; as, tawny Moor or Spaniard; the tawny lion

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: (usually of animals' fur etc) yellowish-brown.
Afrikaans: geelbruin	Arabic: أسْمَر مُصَفَّر	Bulgarian: жълтeникaвoкaфяв
Brazilian: amarelo-acastanhado	Czech: plavý	German: gelbbraun
Danish: gyldenbrun	Greek: καστανόξανθος (για ζώο)	Spanish: leonado
Estonian: kollakaspruun	Farsi: زرد مایل به قهوه ای	Finnish: kellanruskea
French: fauve	Hebrew: צָהוֹב-חוּם	Hindi: पीले रंग का
Croatian: žutosmeđ	Hungarian: homokszínű	Indonesian: coklat kekuningan
Icelandic: gulbrúnn	Italian: bruno fulvo	Japanese: 黄かっ色の
Korean: 황갈색	Lithuanian: gelsvai rusvas	Latvian: dzeltenbrūns
Malay: kuning keperang-perangan	Dutch: getaand	Norwegian: gyllenbrun
Polish: śniady, brązowawy	Portuguese: amarelo-acastanhado	Romanian: arămiu
Russian: желтовато-коричневый	Slovak: plavý, žltohnedý	Slovenian: rjavkasto rumen
Serbian: žućkasto-smeđ	Swedish: gulbrun, läderfärgad	Thai: ซึ่งมีสีน้ำตาลอมส้ม
Turkish: sarımtrak kahverengi	Taiwanese: 黃褐色的（動物毛髮）	Ukrainian: рудувато-коричневий
Urdu: گندمي	Vietnamese: vàng nâu	Chinese: 黄褐色的
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