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Definitions and meaning of hue

hue

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /hjuː/, [ç(j)u̟ː]
• (US) IPA^(key): /hju/, [ç(j)u], /ju/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /hjʉː/, [ç(j)ʉː]
• (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /hɪu̯/
• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: hew, Hugh, Hiw

Etymology 1

From Middle English hewe, from Old English hīew (“appearance, form, species, kind; apparition; hue, color; beauty; figure of speech”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiwi, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“hue, form, shape, appearance; mildew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (“skin, colour of the skin”) or *ḱey- (“grey, dark shade”). Cognate with Swedish hy (“complexion, skin”), Norwegian hy (“fluff, mold, skin”), Icelandic hégómi (“vanity”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍅𐌹 (hiwi, “form, show, appearance”). Compare also Sanskrit छवि (chavi, “cuticle, skin, hide; beauty, splendour”); Irish ceo (“fog”), Tocharian B kwele (“black, dark grey”), Lithuanian šývas (“light grey”), Albanian thinjë (“grey”), Sanskrit श्याव (śyāvá, “brown”).

Alternative forms

• hew (obsolete)

Noun

hue (countable and uncountable, plural hues)

1. A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
2. The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.

3. (figuratively) A character; aspect.
4. (obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Old French hu or Old French heu, a hunting cry.

Noun

hue (plural hues)

2. (obsolete) A shout or cry.

Derived terms

• hue and cry

References

Anagrams

• HEU

Aragonese

Alternative forms

• güe

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

hue

1. today

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Noun

hue c (singular definite huen, plural indefinite huer)

1. a hat of soft material (often wool), worn in cold times

Inflection

Etymology 2

From Old Norse huga (“think”).

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To please

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /y/

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare German hü, hüa, Dutch ju.

Interjection

hue!

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

   Antonym: dia!

Derived terms

• à hue et à dia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of huer

Verb

hue

1. inflection of huer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “hue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• euh

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fue (compare with Maori hue). Sense of bottle product of semantic broadening, compare with similar patterns in Samoan fagu and Tongan fangu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhu.e/, [ˈhu.we]

Noun

hue

1. bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria
   1. Any container using the dried shell of this plant, calabash.
2. bottle, flask

   Synonym: ʻōmole

References

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fue (compare with Hawaiian hue)

Noun

hue

1. bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria
   1. any container using the shell of this fruit, calabash

      Synonym: tahā

References

Further reading

• “hue” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hue

1. alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hue

1. alternative form of he (“they”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Noun

hue f or m (definite singular hua or huen, indefinite plural huer, definite plural huene)

1. a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat

Synonyms

• lue

Etymology 2

Noun

hue n (definite singular huet, indefinite plural huer, definite plural hua or huene)

1. (dialect, metonymic) a head

Synonyms

• hode

References

• “hue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²hʉː.ə/

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Alternative forms

• huve

Noun

hue f (definite singular hua, indefinite plural huer, definite plural huene)

1. a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat

   Synonyms: lue, luve

Etymology 2

Noun

hue n (definite singular huet, indefinite plural hue, definite plural hua)

1. (dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)

References

• “hue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old Leonese

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hodiē.

Adverb

hue

1. today

Descendants

• Asturian: güe, güei
• Leonese: güei

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• huehue, huehuehue and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laugh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /huˈe/, /ˈhwe/

Interjection

hue

1. (Brazil, Internet slang) expressing laugh; hahaha

Source: wiktionary.org