"rufous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈɹuːfəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rufous.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -uːfəs Etymology: From Latin rūfus (“red”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁rewdʰ-}}, {{bor|en|la|rūfus||red}} Latin rūfus (“red”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} rufous (not comparable)
  1. of a reddish colour Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Browns, Reds Translations (colour): ръждиво кафяв (rǎždivo kafjav) (Bulgarian), punertava (Finnish), punakka (Finnish), υπέρυθρος (ypérythros) (Greek), ερυθροκίτρινος (erythrokítrinos) [masculine] (Greek), vörhenyes (Hungarian), rőt (Hungarian), نارنجی سیر (nârenji sir) (Persian), arămiu (Romanian), rufo (Spanish)

Noun

IPA: /ˈɹuːfəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rufous.wav [Southern-England] Forms: rufouses [plural]
Rhymes: -uːfəs Etymology: From Latin rūfus (“red”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁rewdʰ-}}, {{bor|en|la|rūfus||red}} Latin rūfus (“red”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|es}} rufous (countable and uncountable, plural rufouses)
  1. (countable) Short for rufous hummingbird. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable Alternative form of: rufous hummingbird Categories (topical): Reds
    Sense id: en-rufous-en-noun-P1s07sMT Disambiguation of Reds: 40 33 26 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 66 17 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 60 16
  2. (uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, as of rust. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Reds
    Sense id: en-rufous-en-noun-H86D4WeC Disambiguation of Reds: 40 33 26

Inflected forms

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