English to French Meaning of tawny - fauve


Tawny :
fauve

marron, fauve, équitable complexioned, bronzé, cuivré, noir, basané, Swart

fauve
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Definitions of tawny in English
Adjective(1) of a light brown to brownish orange color; the color of tanned leather
Examples of tawny in English
(1) This is where modern California was born, when 19 th-century gold seekers swarmed across these tawny hillsides seeking treasure.(2) In summer, the wapiti's coat is sleek and tawny brown, with a large buff-coloured rump patch.(3) The males have great lionlike manes of tawny fur.(4) He will be black, not the tawny colour of the female with her beautiful long kookaburra-like, chevron-marked tail feathers.(5) The usual mustering scene shows tawny grass and anthills and a mob of red Brahmans moving slowly along, but over the page are stockmen with baseball caps and heavy shades.(6) However, instead of wavy tawny hair, his was straight and golden brown.(7) Port that has been left to age in wooden casks for six or more years begins to take on a tawny colour and a soft, silky character as the phenolics are polymerized.(8) The moist tawny plumpness of the peaches, dabbled with thick but scratched crimson so that they look like frayed velvet, is further accentuated by the hard cracked shells of the walnuts alongside them on the tablecloth.(9) Instead of blue, her eyes were a deep, tawny brown that complemented her tanned skin.(10) When little else is blooming, their cheery flowers of lavender, blue, pink, purple and white brighten the garden like colorful constellations against the tawny yellows and browns of autumn.(11) He had hair so black there was a blue sheen to it, and his eyes were an odd, bright green with a flash of tawny in the center, his skin an even golden brown tan.(12) I come up out of the low ground onto the highway and I'm imagining I see antelope at play - I can't help it, it's the wind moving the tawny wheat.(13) Urban areas and areas where growth will occur are shown in mauve, pink or tawny brown, depending on the map.(14) In the first act, called ÔÇÿBig Sky,ÔÇÖ to music by Aaron Copland, ghosts of pioneers emerge from the spacious, tawny earth.(15) It suited him; the rich colour against his tawny hair.(16) Following the Guardian story, readers have told us of their alleged sightings of a tawny brown, outsized cat around Leatherhead.
Related Phrases of tawny
(1) tawny owl ::
chouette hulotte
Synonyms
M
1. brown ::
marron
3. tawny ::
fauve
4. fair-complexioned ::
équitable complexioned
6. bronzed ::
bronzé
7. coppery ::
cuivré
8. fulvous ::
fulvous
9. black ::
noir
10. swarthy ::
basané
11. swart ::
Swart
Different Forms
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