sépia
Catalan
Alternative forms
- sèpia
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sēpia. Doublet of sípia.
Pronunciation
Noun
sépia f (plural sépies)
Adjective
sépia (invariable)
Further reading
- “sépia”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /se.pja/
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Noun
sépia m (plural sépias)
Adjective
sépia (invariable)
Further reading
- “sépia”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin sēpia, from Ancient Greek σηπίᾱ (sēpíā).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.pi.ɐ/ [ˈsɛ.pɪ.ɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈsɛ.pjɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.pi.a/ [ˈsɛ.pɪ.a], (faster pronunciation) /ˈsɛ.pja/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈsɛ.pjɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛpiɐ, -ɛpjɐ
Noun
sépia f (plural sépias)
- cuttlefish (any squid-like mollusc of the genus Sepia)
- sepia (dark brown pigment)
Further reading
- “sépia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
- “sépia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025