ochre

Meanings

Noun

• An earth pigment containing silica, aluminum and ferric oxide
• A somewhat dark yellowish orange colour
• The stop codon sequence "UAA."
• Money, especially gold.
• Any of various brown-coloured hesperiid butterflies of the genus Trapezites (genus).
• Alternative of okra.

Adjective

• Having a yellow-orange colour.
• Referring to cultures that covered their dead with ochre.

Verb

• To cover or tint with ochre.

Origin

• From Old French ocre and its source Latin ōchra, from Ancient Greek ὤχρα ("pale yellow"), from ὠχρός (modern Greek ωχρός).
• From an Unknown West African language, probably Igbo ọ́kụ̀rụ̀, but cf. Akan ŋkrũmã and ŋkrakra.