sepia

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See also: Sepia, sépia, sępia, and sępią

English

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Etymology

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From Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía, “cuttlefish”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard, also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”). Compare Italian seppia.

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Noun

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sepia (countable and uncountable, plural sepias)

  1. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish. [from 1820s]
  2. A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
    sepia:  
  3. (by extension, countable) A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
  4. (archaic, countable) The cuttlefish. [from 16th c.]

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Adjective

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sepia (comparative more sepia, superlative most sepia)

  1. Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
    • 1985, Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, page 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.
    • 2021 July 14, “Modern Images”, in RAIL, number 935, page 37, photo caption:
      Dawn mist rolling off the adjacent North Downs creates a sepia effect over the river with no need for digital enhancement.
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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch sepia, a direct borrowing from Latin sepia, and reinforced by French or Italian.

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Noun

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sepia f or m (uncountable)

  1. cuttlefish

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Noun

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sepia n (uncountable)

  1. the color sepia
  2. a style of yellowish/brownish-and-black photography

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía), often suggested to be from Ancient Greek σήπειν (sḗpein, “to make rotten”), but (per Beekes) could instead be a Pre-Greek word.

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Noun

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sēpia f (genitive sēpiae); first declension

  1. a cuttlefish
  2. the secretion of a cuttlefish used as ink

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sēpia sēpiae
Genitive sēpiae sēpiārum
Dative sēpiae sēpiīs
Accusative sēpiam sēpiās
Ablative sēpiā sēpiīs
Vocative sēpia sēpiae

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.pja/
  • Rhymes: -ɛpja
  • Syllabification: se‧pia

Noun

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sepia f

  1. cephalopod ink
  2. sepia (color)
  3. (photography) sepia toning
  4. cuttlefish
    Synonym: mątwa

Declension

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Declension of sepia
singular plural
nominative sepia sepie
genitive sepii sepii/sepij (archaic)
dative sepii sepiom
accusative sepię sepie
instrumental sepią sepiami
locative sepii sepiach
vocative sepio sepie

Derived terms

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adjective

Further reading

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  • sepia in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin sēpia. Doublet of jibia.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsepja/ [ˈse.pja]
  • Rhymes: -epja
  • Syllabification: se‧pia

Noun

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sepia f (plural sepias)

  1. cuttlefish
    Synonyms: jibia, cachón, choco
  2. (photography) sepia

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