sepia
Spanish, noun/ˈsepja/
sepia is spelled S-E-P-I-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 37,473rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sepia is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “cuttlefish” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(orden Sepiidae) Cualquiera de una centena de especies de moluscos cefalópodo, caracterizados por tener ocho…”.
What does sepia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecuttlefish
- 2
femininesepia
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (orden Sepiidae) Cualquiera de una centena de especies de moluscos cefalópodo, caracterizados por tener ocho brazos, dos tentáculos y la concha característica reducida a una lámina interna. 2. Tinte de color pardo que se extrae de la sepia₁ 3. Color de la sepia₂, que recuerda al del café claro. 4. Imagen pictórica o fotográfica en tonos sepia₃
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sepia
- sepias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sepia?
- /ˈsepja/
- [ˈse.pja]
- [ˈsepja]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sepia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sepia in Spanish?
sepia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).