beige
French, adjective/bɛʒ/
beige is a French adjective meaning “beige” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qualifie la laine écrue ou toute étoffe qui n’a reçu ni teinture, ni blanchiment”.
What does beige mean in English?
adjective
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beige
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qualifie la laine écrue ou toute étoffe qui n’a reçu ni teinture, ni blanchiment. 2. D’une couleur entre le blanc cassé et le brun très clair. #F5F5DC
noun: 1. Couleur de la laine naturelle.
noun: 1. Serge faite avec de la laine qui n’a reçu aucune teinture.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of beige
- beiges plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beige?
- /bɛʒ/
- \bɛʒ\
- [bɛʒ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beige
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beige in French?
beige appears 2.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).