beige

af-adj

beige (attributive beige, comparative beiger, superlative beigeste)

beige (attributive)
beiger (comparative)
beigeste (superlative)


beige

nl-adj

beige (comparative beiger, superlative meest beige or beigest)

beiger (comparative)
meest beige (superlative)
beigest (superlative)
beige (adverbial positive predicative)
beiger (adverbial comparative predicative)
het beigest (adverbial predicative superlative)
het beigeste (adverbial predicative superlative)
beige (feminine indefinite masculine positive singular)
beigere (comparative feminine indefinite masculine singular)
beigeste (feminine indefinite masculine singular superlative)
beige (indefinite neuter positive singular)
beiger (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
beigeste (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
beige (indefinite plural positive)
beigere (comparative indefinite plural)
beigeste (indefinite plural superlative)
beige (definite positive)
beigere (comparative definite)
beigeste (definite superlative)
beiges (partitive positive)
beigers (comparative partitive)

Unadapted borrowing from French beige, from Middle French beige, from Old French bege.


beige

beige:

A slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

Debeige; a kind of woollen or mixed dress goods.

en-noun

beige (countable and uncountable, plural beiges)

Unadapted borrowing from French (dialectal) beige, from Old French bege (“color of undyed wool or cotton”), from an Alpine language (compare Franco-Provençal bézho, Romansch besch (“dull grey”)), from Vulgar Latin *bysseus (“cottony grey”) (compare French bis, Catalan bis, Italian bigio), from Late Latin byssus (“cotton”), from Ancient Greek βύσσος (bússos, “cotton homespun”), from Semitic (compare Hebrew/Aramaic בוץ (būṣ)). Doublet of bice.


beige

Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon.

1956, Delano Ames, chapter 24, in Crime out of Mind:

Mr. Lauwaert of Sony said he realized that most consumers were not going to buy computers that cost far more than discount beige boxes.

2006 November 23, Michel Marriott, “When Beige Won’t Do”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.

Think about it: he grew up in Iowa, the beigest of states, was doted on, loved generously by his parents, the top of his class, probably voted Most Handsome of 2000.

2007, Prairie L. Markussen, Cover, page 48:

In the beigest parts of suburbia where I grew up, bridge was a game played by groups of parents in recreation rooms furnished with upright pianos and souvenir sombreros.

2010, Gerald J. McCarthy, A Man of Substances:

For a meal of relentlessly beige food, may I suggest the beigest of wines? That would be chardonnay, which will go beautifully with Melissa Clark’s chicken potpie.

2013 March 25, Eric Asimov, “A Beige Wine for a Beige Meal”, in NYT Diner’s Journal Blog:

He has no criminal record. He has no traffic tickets. His social media posts are just like... he's beige.

2016, Penelope Garcia, “The Witness”, in Criminal Minds, season 11, episode 2:

(informal, originally US) Comfortably dull and unadventurous, in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.

en-adj

beige (comparative beiger or more beige, superlative beigest or most beige)

beiger (comparative)
more beige (comparative)
beigest (superlative)
most beige (superlative)


beige

fi-adj

beige (comparative beigempi, superlative beigein)

beigempi (comparative)
beigein (superlative)
beige (nominative singular)
beiget (nominative plural)
beige (accusative nominative singular)
beiget (accusative nominative plural)
beigen (accusative genitive singular)
beiget (accusative genitive plural)
beigen (genitive singular)
beigejen (genitive plural)
beigein (genitive plural rare)
beigeä (partitive singular)
beigejä (partitive plural)
beigessä (inessive singular)
beigeissä (inessive plural)
beigestä (elative singular)
beigeistä (elative plural)
beigeen (illative singular)
beigeihin (illative plural)
beigellä (adessive singular)
beigeillä (adessive plural)
beigeltä (ablative singular)
beigeiltä (ablative plural)
beigelle (allative singular)
beigeille (allative plural)
beigenä (essive singular)
beigeinä (essive plural)
beigeksi (singular translative)
beigeiksi (plural translative)
beigettä (abessive singular)
beigeittä (abessive plural)
beigein (instructive plural)
beigeine (comitative plural)
beigeni (nominative singular)
beigeni (nominative plural)
beigeni (accusative nominative singular)
beigeni (accusative nominative plural)
beigeni (accusative genitive singular)
beigeni (accusative genitive plural)
beigeni (genitive singular)
beigejeni (genitive plural)
beigeini (genitive plural rare)
beigeäni (partitive singular)
beigejäni (partitive plural)
beigessäni (inessive singular)
beigeissäni (inessive plural)
beigestäni (elative singular)
beigeistäni (elative plural)
beigeeni (illative singular)
beigeihini (illative plural)
beigelläni (adessive singular)
beigeilläni (adessive plural)
beigeltäni (ablative singular)
beigeiltäni (ablative plural)
beigelleni (allative singular)
beigeilleni (allative plural)
beigenäni (essive singular)
beigeinäni (essive plural)
beigekseni (singular translative)
beigeikseni (plural translative)
beigettäni (abessive singular)
beigeittäni (abessive plural)
beigeineni (comitative plural)
beigesi (nominative singular)
beigesi (nominative plural)
beigesi (accusative nominative singular)
beigesi (accusative nominative plural)
beigesi (accusative genitive singular)
beigesi (accusative genitive plural)
beigesi (genitive singular)
beigejesi (genitive plural)
beigeisi (genitive plural rare)
beigeäsi (partitive singular)
beigejäsi (partitive plural)
beigessäsi (inessive singular)
beigeissäsi (inessive plural)
beigestäsi (elative singular)
beigeistäsi (elative plural)
beigeesi (illative singular)
beigeihisi (illative plural)
beigelläsi (adessive singular)
beigeilläsi (adessive plural)
beigeltäsi (ablative singular)
beigeiltäsi (ablative plural)
beigellesi (allative singular)
beigeillesi (allative plural)
beigenäsi (essive singular)
beigeinäsi (essive plural)
beigeksesi (singular translative)
beigeiksesi (plural translative)
beigettäsi (abessive singular)
beigeittäsi (abessive plural)
beigeinesi (comitative plural)
beigemme (nominative singular)
beigemme (nominative plural)
beigemme (accusative nominative singular)
beigemme (accusative nominative plural)
beigemme (accusative genitive singular)
beigemme (accusative genitive plural)
beigemme (genitive singular)
beigejemme (genitive plural)
beigeimme (genitive plural rare)
beigeämme (partitive singular)
beigejämme (partitive plural)
beigessämme (inessive singular)
beigeissämme (inessive plural)
beigestämme (elative singular)
beigeistämme (elative plural)
beigeemme (illative singular)
beigeihimme (illative plural)
beigellämme (adessive singular)
beigeillämme (adessive plural)
beigeltämme (ablative singular)
beigeiltämme (ablative plural)
beigellemme (allative singular)
beigeillemme (allative plural)
beigenämme (essive singular)
beigeinämme (essive plural)
beigeksemme (singular translative)
beigeiksemme (plural translative)
beigettämme (abessive singular)
beigeittämme (abessive plural)
beigeinemme (comitative plural)
beigenne (nominative singular)
beigenne (nominative plural)
beigenne (accusative nominative singular)
beigenne (accusative nominative plural)
beigenne (accusative genitive singular)
beigenne (accusative genitive plural)
beigenne (genitive singular)
beigejenne (genitive plural)
beigeinne (genitive plural rare)
beigeänne (partitive singular)
beigejänne (partitive plural)
beigessänne (inessive singular)
beigeissänne (inessive plural)
beigestänne (elative singular)
beigeistänne (elative plural)
beigeenne (illative singular)
beigeihinne (illative plural)
beigellänne (adessive singular)
beigeillänne (adessive plural)
beigeltänne (ablative singular)
beigeiltänne (ablative plural)
beigellenne (allative singular)
beigeillenne (allative plural)
beigenänne (essive singular)
beigeinänne (essive plural)
beigeksenne (singular translative)
beigeiksenne (plural translative)
beigettänne (abessive singular)
beigeittänne (abessive plural)
beigeinenne (comitative plural)
beigensä (nominative singular)
beigensä (nominative plural)
beigensä (accusative nominative singular)
beigensä (accusative nominative plural)
beigensä (accusative genitive singular)
beigensä (accusative genitive plural)
beigensä (genitive singular)
beigejensä (genitive plural)
beigeinsä (genitive plural rare)
beigeään (partitive singular)
beigeänsä (partitive singular)
beigejään (partitive plural)
beigejänsä (partitive plural)
beigessään (inessive singular)
beigessänsä (inessive singular)
beigeissään (inessive plural)
beigeissänsä (inessive plural)
beigestään (elative singular)
beigestänsä (elative singular)
beigeistään (elative plural)
beigeistänsä (elative plural)
beigeensä (illative singular)
beigeihinsä (illative plural)
beigellään (adessive singular)
beigellänsä (adessive singular)
beigeillään (adessive plural)
beigeillänsä (adessive plural)
beigeltään (ablative singular)
beigeltänsä (ablative singular)
beigeiltään (ablative plural)
beigeiltänsä (ablative plural)
beigelleen (allative singular)
beigellensä (allative singular)
beigeilleen (allative plural)
beigeillensä (allative plural)
beigenään (essive singular)
beigenänsä (essive singular)
beigeinään (essive plural)
beigeinänsä (essive plural)
beigekseen (singular translative)
beigeksensä (singular translative)
beigeikseen (plural translative)
beigeiksensä (plural translative)
beigettään (abessive singular)
beigettänsä (abessive singular)
beigeittään (abessive plural)
beigeittänsä (abessive plural)
beigeineen (comitative plural)
beigeinensä (comitative plural)


beige

beige (nominative singular)
beiget (nominative plural)
beige (accusative nominative singular)
beiget (accusative nominative plural)
beigen (accusative genitive singular)
beiget (accusative genitive plural)
beigen (genitive singular)
beigejen (genitive plural)
beigein (genitive plural rare)
beigeä (partitive singular)
beigejä (partitive plural)
beigessä (inessive singular)
beigeissä (inessive plural)
beigestä (elative singular)
beigeistä (elative plural)
beigeen (illative singular)
beigeihin (illative plural)
beigellä (adessive singular)
beigeillä (adessive plural)
beigeltä (ablative singular)
beigeiltä (ablative plural)
beigelle (allative singular)
beigeille (allative plural)
beigenä (essive singular)
beigeinä (essive plural)
beigeksi (singular translative)
beigeiksi (plural translative)
beigettä (abessive singular)
beigeittä (abessive plural)
beigein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
beigeni (nominative singular)
beigeni (nominative plural)
beigeni (accusative nominative singular)
beigeni (accusative nominative plural)
beigeni (accusative genitive singular)
beigeni (accusative genitive plural)
beigeni (genitive singular)
beigejeni (genitive plural)
beigeini (genitive plural rare)
beigeäni (partitive singular)
beigejäni (partitive plural)
beigessäni (inessive singular)
beigeissäni (inessive plural)
beigestäni (elative singular)
beigeistäni (elative plural)
beigeeni (illative singular)
beigeihini (illative plural)
beigelläni (adessive singular)
beigeilläni (adessive plural)
beigeltäni (ablative singular)
beigeiltäni (ablative plural)
beigelleni (allative singular)
beigeilleni (allative plural)
beigenäni (essive singular)
beigeinäni (essive plural)
beigekseni (singular translative)
beigeikseni (plural translative)
beigettäni (abessive singular)
beigeittäni (abessive plural)
beigeineni (comitative plural)
beigesi (nominative singular)
beigesi (nominative plural)
beigesi (accusative nominative singular)
beigesi (accusative nominative plural)
beigesi (accusative genitive singular)
beigesi (accusative genitive plural)
beigesi (genitive singular)
beigejesi (genitive plural)
beigeisi (genitive plural rare)
beigeäsi (partitive singular)
beigejäsi (partitive plural)
beigessäsi (inessive singular)
beigeissäsi (inessive plural)
beigestäsi (elative singular)
beigeistäsi (elative plural)
beigeesi (illative singular)
beigeihisi (illative plural)
beigelläsi (adessive singular)
beigeilläsi (adessive plural)
beigeltäsi (ablative singular)
beigeiltäsi (ablative plural)
beigellesi (allative singular)
beigeillesi (allative plural)
beigenäsi (essive singular)
beigeinäsi (essive plural)
beigeksesi (singular translative)
beigeiksesi (plural translative)
beigettäsi (abessive singular)
beigeittäsi (abessive plural)
beigeinesi (comitative plural)
beigemme (nominative singular)
beigemme (nominative plural)
beigemme (accusative nominative singular)
beigemme (accusative nominative plural)
beigemme (accusative genitive singular)
beigemme (accusative genitive plural)
beigemme (genitive singular)
beigejemme (genitive plural)
beigeimme (genitive plural rare)
beigeämme (partitive singular)
beigejämme (partitive plural)
beigessämme (inessive singular)
beigeissämme (inessive plural)
beigestämme (elative singular)
beigeistämme (elative plural)
beigeemme (illative singular)
beigeihimme (illative plural)
beigellämme (adessive singular)
beigeillämme (adessive plural)
beigeltämme (ablative singular)
beigeiltämme (ablative plural)
beigellemme (allative singular)
beigeillemme (allative plural)
beigenämme (essive singular)
beigeinämme (essive plural)
beigeksemme (singular translative)
beigeiksemme (plural translative)
beigettämme (abessive singular)
beigeittämme (abessive plural)
beigeinemme (comitative plural)
beigenne (nominative singular)
beigenne (nominative plural)
beigenne (accusative nominative singular)
beigenne (accusative nominative plural)
beigenne (accusative genitive singular)
beigenne (accusative genitive plural)
beigenne (genitive singular)
beigejenne (genitive plural)
beigeinne (genitive plural rare)
beigeänne (partitive singular)
beigejänne (partitive plural)
beigessänne (inessive singular)
beigeissänne (inessive plural)
beigestänne (elative singular)
beigeistänne (elative plural)
beigeenne (illative singular)
beigeihinne (illative plural)
beigellänne (adessive singular)
beigeillänne (adessive plural)
beigeltänne (ablative singular)
beigeiltänne (ablative plural)
beigellenne (allative singular)
beigeillenne (allative plural)
beigenänne (essive singular)
beigeinänne (essive plural)
beigeksenne (singular translative)
beigeiksenne (plural translative)
beigettänne (abessive singular)
beigeittänne (abessive plural)
beigeinenne (comitative plural)
beigensä (nominative singular)
beigensä (nominative plural)
beigensä (accusative nominative singular)
beigensä (accusative nominative plural)
beigensä (accusative genitive singular)
beigensä (accusative genitive plural)
beigensä (genitive singular)
beigejensä (genitive plural)
beigeinsä (genitive plural rare)
beigeään (partitive singular)
beigeänsä (partitive singular)
beigejään (partitive plural)
beigejänsä (partitive plural)
beigessään (inessive singular)
beigessänsä (inessive singular)
beigeissään (inessive plural)
beigeissänsä (inessive plural)
beigestään (elative singular)
beigestänsä (elative singular)
beigeistään (elative plural)
beigeistänsä (elative plural)
beigeensä (illative singular)
beigeihinsä (illative plural)
beigellään (adessive singular)
beigellänsä (adessive singular)
beigeillään (adessive plural)
beigeillänsä (adessive plural)
beigeltään (ablative singular)
beigeltänsä (ablative singular)
beigeiltään (ablative plural)
beigeiltänsä (ablative plural)
beigelleen (allative singular)
beigellensä (allative singular)
beigeilleen (allative plural)
beigeillensä (allative plural)
beigenään (essive singular)
beigenänsä (essive singular)
beigeinään (essive plural)
beigeinänsä (essive plural)
beigekseen (singular translative)
beigeksensä (singular translative)
beigeikseen (plural translative)
beigeiksensä (plural translative)
beigettään (abessive singular)
beigettänsä (abessive singular)
beigeittään (abessive plural)
beigeittänsä (abessive plural)
beigeineen (comitative plural)
beigeinensä (comitative plural)


beige

→ Catalan: beix

→ Dutch: beige

Afrikaans: beige

→ English: beige

Hindi: बेज (bej)

→ Hijazi Arabic: بيج (bēj)

→ Estonian: beež

→ Finnish: beesi, beige, bees

→ Galician: beixe

→ German: beige, Beige

→ Greek: μπεζ (bez)

→ Hungarian: bézs

→ Italian: beige

→ Japanese: ベージュ (bēju)

→ Korean: 베이지 (beiji)

→ Louisiana Creole: bèj

→ Luxembourgish: beige

→ Persian: بژ

→ Polish: beż

→ Portuguese: bege

→ Romanian: bej

→ Russian: беж (bež)

→ Spanish: beis, beige

→ Swedish: beige

→ Turkish: bej

→ Vietnamese: be


beige

de-adj

beige (strong nominative masculine singular beiger, not comparable)

beiger (masculine nominative singular strong)
beige (masculine predicative singular)
beige (feminine predicative singular)
beige (neuter predicative singular)
beige (plural predicative)
beiger (masculine nominative singular strong without-article)
beige (feminine nominative singular strong without-article)
beiges (neuter nominative singular strong without-article)
beige (nominative plural strong without-article)
beigen (genitive masculine singular strong without-article)
beiger (feminine genitive singular strong without-article)
beigen (genitive neuter singular strong without-article)
beiger (genitive plural strong without-article)
beigem (dative masculine singular strong without-article)
beiger (dative feminine singular strong without-article)
beigem (dative neuter singular strong without-article)
beigen (dative plural strong without-article)
beigen (accusative masculine singular strong without-article)
beige (accusative feminine singular strong without-article)
beiges (accusative neuter singular strong without-article)
beige (accusative plural strong without-article)
der beige (definite includes-article masculine nominative singular weak)
die beige (definite feminine includes-article nominative singular weak)
das beige (definite includes-article neuter nominative singular weak)
die beigen (definite includes-article nominative plural weak)
des beigen (definite genitive includes-article masculine singular weak)
der beigen (definite feminine genitive includes-article singular weak)
des beigen (definite genitive includes-article neuter singular weak)
der beigen (definite genitive includes-article plural weak)
dem beigen (dative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
der beigen (dative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
dem beigen (dative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
den beigen (dative definite includes-article plural weak)
den beigen (accusative definite includes-article masculine singular weak)
die beige (accusative definite feminine includes-article singular weak)
das beige (accusative definite includes-article neuter singular weak)
die beigen (accusative definite includes-article plural weak)
ein beiger (includes-article indefinite masculine mixed nominative singular)
eine beige (feminine includes-article indefinite mixed nominative singular)
ein beiges (includes-article indefinite mixed neuter nominative singular)
beigen (indefinite mixed nominative plural)
keine beigen (includes-article indefinite mixed negative nominative plural)
eines beigen (genitive includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer beigen (feminine genitive includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
eines beigen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
beigen (genitive indefinite mixed plural)
keiner beigen (genitive includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einem beigen (dative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
einer beigen (dative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
einem beigen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
beigen (dative indefinite mixed plural)
keinen beigen (dative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)
einen beigen (accusative includes-article indefinite masculine mixed singular)
eine beige (accusative feminine includes-article indefinite mixed singular)
ein beiges (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed neuter singular)
beigen (accusative indefinite mixed plural)
keine beigen (accusative includes-article indefinite mixed negative plural)


beige

inflection of beigen:
first-person singular present

first/third-person singular subjunctive I

inflection of beigen:
singular imperative

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


beige

lb-adj

beige (masculine beigen, neuter beiget, comparative méi beige, superlative am beigesten)

beigen (masculine)
beiget (neuter)
méi beige (comparative)
am beigesten (superlative)


beige

head

beige (singular and plural beige, comparative beigare, indefinite superlative beigast, definite superlative beigaste)

beige (plural singular)
beigare (comparative)
beigast (indefinite superlative)
beigaste (definite superlative)


beige

Hon hade en lång, beige kappa på sig.

Din morsa är så jävla beige!

(slang) boring, uninteresting, negative.

beige (common-gender indefinite positive singular)
beigare (common-gender comparative indefinite singular)
beigast (common-gender indefinite singular superlative)
beigt (indefinite neuter positive singular)
beigare (comparative indefinite neuter singular)
beigast (indefinite neuter singular superlative)
beiga (indefinite plural positive)
beigare (comparative indefinite plural)
beigast (indefinite plural superlative)
beige (archaic indefinite masculine plural positive)
beigare (archaic comparative indefinite masculine plural)
beigast (archaic indefinite masculine plural superlative)
beige (definite masculine positive singular)
beigare (comparative definite masculine singular)
beigaste (definite masculine singular superlative)
beiga (definite positive)
beigare (comparative definite)
beigaste (definite superlative)

Attested from 1895. Unadapted borrowing from French beige. The slang definition is likely associated to the perceived blandness of the color.