Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

taupe

/toʊp/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.54 in modern English

Syllables: taupe
IPA: /toʊp/

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.

Countable; Uncountable

adj

Of a dark brownish-grey colour.

Example Sentences

"At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]"
"In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]"

Etymology

Borrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: taupe

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /toʊp/
British English: /təʊp/

Usage

Inflected Forms

taupes (plural) more taupe (comparative) most taupe (superlative)

Synonyms

fuscous

Homonyms

tope

Rhymes With

hope pope nope scope soap rope cope dope slope trope forlorn hope lop

Questions

How do you pronounce taupe?: The recorded pronunciation is /toʊp/.
What does taupe mean?: A dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
Where does taupe come from?: It is traced to French.

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