bistre
See also: bistré
English
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edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪstə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪstɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Noun
editbistre (countable and uncountable, plural bistres)
- A brown pigment made from soot, especially from beech wood.
- A mid-to-dark brown color resembling the pigment.
- bistre:
- 1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 46, in The History of Pendennis. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850, →OCLC:
- [O]h! what an object he was! The rings round his eyes were of the colour of bistre […]
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editmid-to-dark brown
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editFrench
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editAttested since the 16th century; further etymology unknown.
Adjective
editbistre (plural bistres)
Noun
editbistre m (plural bistres)
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editEtymology 2
editVerb
editbistre
- inflection of bistrer:
Further reading
edit- “bistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Serbo-Croatian
editAdjective
editbistre
- inflection of bistar:
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