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Etymology
From L. #Latin|sepia, from AGr. polytonic|�η�ία �cuttlefish�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/�si�pɪ�/
Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-i�pi�|-i�pi�

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic The cuttlefish.
2. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
3. (colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown color|colour.

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1. A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.

Translations

trans-top|cuttlefish
Finnish: seepia
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trans-top|pigment
Japanese: ��� (sepia)
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trans-top|colour
Japanese: ���� (sepiairo)
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trans-top|drawing
Japanese: ���� (sepiaga)
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Adjective
en-adj

1. (colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.

Quotations
1985 � w:Lance Parkin|Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, p 209
:Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia, drained of colour and light.

Translations
trans-top|colour
Japanese: ����� (sepiairo no)
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Related terms
sepiolite

See also
black and white
color
cuttlefish
ink sac
Wiktionary_Appendix:Colours|Appendix:Colours

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Category:Browns
Category:Pigments
Category:Mollusks

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