German

Noun

Beige n

1. beige (uninflected, the colour as such)

   Wer würde schon Beige als seine Lieblingsfarbe bezeichnen?

   Who would say that beige is their favourite colour?

2. beige (inflected, nominalised form of the adjective beige)

   Wir wohnen in dem weißen Haus. Das Beige gehört meiner Schwester.

   We live in that white house. The beige one is my sister's.

Usage notes

The word Beige has two pronunciations because its basic forms ends in a mute -e. Therefore the inflectional ending -e is not visible in writing.

Related terms

• beige

English

Noun

beige ‎(plural beiges)

1. A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

   beige colour:

2. debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods

Translations

Adjective

beige ‎(comparative beiger or more beige, superlative beigest or most beige)

1. Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
   • 1956, Delano Ames, chapter 24, in Crime out of Mind:

     Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon.

2. (informal) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.
   • 2007, Prairie L. Markussen, Cover (page 48)

     Think about it: he grew up in Iowa, the beigest of states, was doted on, loved generously by his parents, the top of his class, probably voted Most Handsome of 2000.

   • 2010, Gerald J. McCarthy, A Man of Substances

     In the beigest parts of suburbia where I grew up, bridge was a game played by groups of parents in recreation rooms furnished with upright pianos and souvenir sombreros.

   • 2016, Penelope Garcia, Criminal Minds, Season 11, Episode 2 “The Witness”

     Charlie reminds me of the color beige (...) He has no criminal record. He has no traffic tickets. His social media posts are just like... he's beige.

Translations

Derived terms

• Beige Book

See also

• Appendix:Colors

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch beige, from French beige.

Adjective

beige ‎(attributive beige, comparative beiger, superlative beigeste)

1. beige

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [bɛʒə]

Etymology

Borrowing from French beige

Adjective

beige ‎(comparative beiger, superlative meest beige or beigest)

1. beige

Inflection

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from French beige

Adjective

beige ‎(comparative beigempi, superlative beigein)

1. beige

Declension

Noun

beige

1. beige (color)

Declension

French

Etymology

From Old French bege.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʒ/

Adjective

beige m, f ‎(plural beiges)

1. beige

German

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French beige.

Pronunciation

• Predicative form: IPA^(key): /beːʃ/, /bɛːʃ/
• Inflected forms: IPA^(key): /beːʒə/, /bɛːʒə/, /beːʃə/, /bɛːʃə/

Adjective

beige ‎(not comparable)

1. beige

Declension

Usage notes

Beige is inflected like a regular adjective in pronunciation. However, since its basic form is written with a mute -e, the inflectional ending -e is not visible in writing: das beige [beːʒə] Haus – the beige house.

The other inflectional endings are visible: in dem beigen Haus – in the beige house.

Related terms

• Beige

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɪ̯ɡə/
• Hyphenation: bei‧ge

Verb

beige

1. first-person singular present indicative of beigen
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of beigen
3. third-person singular present subjunctive of beigen
4. second-person singular imperative of beigen

Luxembourgish

Etymology

Borrowing from French beige

Adjective

beige ‎(masculine beigen, neuter beiget, comparative méi beige, superlative am beigesten)

1. beige

Declension

This adjective needs an inflection-table template.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from French beige

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [beis]

Adjective

beige m, f ‎(plural beige)

1. beige

Swedish

Etymology

Attested from 1895. Borrowing from French beige. The slang definition is likely associated to the perceived blandness of the color.

Pronunciation

• (Swedish) IPA^(key): /beːɕ/, /bɛːɕ/
• Rhymes: -eːɕ

Adjective

beige

1. Beige.

   Hon hade en lång, beige kappa på sig.

   "She wore a long, beige coat."

2. (slang) Boring, uninteresting, negative.

   Din morsa är så jävla beige!

   "Your mother is so damn dull."

Declension