bistre
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See also: bistré
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪstə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɪstɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪstə(ɹ)
Noun
bistre (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. , volumes (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 […]
Derived terms
Translations
mid-to-dark brown
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French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Attested since the 16th century; further etymology unknown.
Adjective
bistre (plural bistres)
Noun
bistre m (plural bistres)
Derived terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Verb
bistre
- inflection of bistrer:
Further reading
- “bistre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Serbo-Croatian
Adjective
bistre
- inflection of bistar: