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English

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Etymology 1

From Old English hīew, hiw

Noun

hue (plural hues)

  1. A color, or shade of color, blee; tint; dye.
  2. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
    In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
  3. (figuratively) A character; aspect, blee.
Derived terms
Translations
color or shade of color, blee; tint; dye
  • Danish: farve da(da) c., skær da(da) n.
  • Dutch: (kleur)schakering, tint
  • Finnish: väri fi(fi), sävy fi(fi), värisävy fi(fi)
  • French: teinte fr(fr) f.
  • Greek: απόχρωση el(el) (apóchrosi) f., χροιά el(el) (chroiá) f.
  • Hungarian: színárnyalat hu(hu), árnyalat hu(hu)
  • Icelandic: litblær is(is) m., litur is(is) m., farfi is(is) m.
  • Italian: colore, tinta, sfumatura, tonalita
character; aspect
  • Danish: afskygning da(da) c.
  • Dutch: aanblik nl(nl), voorkomen nl(nl) n.
  • Finnish: vivahde fi(fi), häivähdys fi(fi)
  • Greek: χροιά el(el) (chroiá) f.
  • Italian: colorito it(it) m.
  • Spanish: matiz es(es) m.
the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color
  • Danish: farvetone da(da) c.
  • Finnish: väri fi(fi)
  • Spanish: matiz es(es) m. tonalidad es(es) f.
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Translations to be checked
  • French: nuance f.
  • Gilbertese: mata
  • Greek: χροιά el(el) (chroiá) f.
  • Norwegian: fargetone
  • Portuguese: matiz f., tonalidade f.

Etymology 2

From Old French hu, a hunting cry

Noun

hue (plural hues)

  1. (obsolete) A shout or cry.
Derived terms

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Noun

hue c. (singular definite huen, plural indefinite huer)

  1. A cap
Inflection
Inflection of hue
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative hue huen huer huerne
genitive hues huens huers huernes

Etymology 2

From Old Norse huga (“think”)

Verb

hue (imperative hu, infinitive at hue, present tense huer, past tense huede, past participle har huet)

  1. in?(transitive) To please

French

Etymology

onomatopoeia, compare Dutch ju

Interjection

hue!

  1. yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right

Antonyms

Verb form

hue

  1. imperative and singular present imperfect forms of huer

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

Common Polynesian

Noun

hue

  1. A gourd

Maori

Etymology

Common Polynesian

Noun

hue

  1. A gourd (plant)

Norwegian

Noun

hue

  1. A cap
  2. (dialect) (metonymy) A head

 

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