English
Etymology
Named after Titian (Italian Tiziano), the Italian painter who made frequent use of this colour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -ɪʃən
Noun
titian (countable and uncountable, plural titians)
- A bright auburn colour, tinted with gold.
titian:
Translations
bright auburn colour
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: Tiziani toonides, kuldpruun
- French: rouge Titien m
- German: Tizianrot n
- Greek: κοκκινοχρυσό n (kokkinochrysó)
- Italian: rosso tiziano m
- Japanese: 金茶色 (きんちゃいろ, kinchairo)
- Polish: złotorudy, tycjanowski (pl)
- Portuguese: vermelho ticiano m
- Romanian: roșu-auriu n, arămiu (ro) n
- Russian: тициан m (tician)
- Spanish: castaño cobrizo m
- Swedish: tizianrött n
- Vietnamese: màu hung bóng, màu hung sáng
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Adjective
titian (comparative more titian, superlative most titian)
- Of a bright auburn colour, tinted with gold, especially in reference to hair.
1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 80:It was not the kind of face he had expected to see at all. It was young, smooth-skinned, heart-shaped, surrounded by an aura of vivid titian hair that coiled luxuriantly.
Translations
of a bright auburn colour
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Estonian: please add this translation if you can
- French: Titien (fr)
- German: tizianrot (de)
- Greek: κοκκινοχρυσός (kokkinochrysós)
- Italian: tiziano, tizianesco (it), rosso tiziano
- Japanese: 金茶色の (きんちゃいろの, kinchairo no)
- Polish: tycjanowski (pl), złotorudy, rudopomarańczowy
- Portuguese: ticiano
- Romanian: roșu-auriu, arămiu (ro)
- Russian: тициановый m (ticianovyj)
- Spanish: castaño cobrizo
- Swedish: tizianröd
- Vietnamese: hung bóng, hung sáng
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