/təʊp/, /toʊp/
OriginBorrowed from French taupe, from Latin talpa (“mole”). Doublet of talpa.
- countable, uncountableA dark brownish-grey colour, the colour of moleskin.
- Of a dark brownish-grey colour.
“At five o'clock the patch of daylight above the red-lighted exit door turned taupe, as though a gray curtain had been flung across it; […]”
“In the front room, on an old taupe overstuffed sofa, the head of the house lay in a blanket bathrobe, […]”
Formstaupes(plural) · more taupe(comparative) · most taupe(superlative)