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{{also|Beige|bēigé}}
==English==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|en|fr|(dialectal) [[beige]]}}, from {{der|en|fro|bege||color of undyed wool or cotton}}, from an Alpine language (compare Franco-Provençal {{m|frp|bézho}}, Romansch {{m|rm|besch||dull grey}}), from {{der|en|VL.|*bysseus||cottony grey}} (compare {{cog|fr|bis}}, {{cog|ca|bis}}, {{cog|it|bigio|bigio}}), from {{der|en|LL.|byssus|t=cotton}}, from {{der|en|grc|βύσσος|t=cotton homespun}}, from Semitic (compare {{der|en|he|-}}/{{der|en|arc|-}} {{m|he|בוץ||tr=būṣ}}). {{doublet|en|bice}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈbeɪʒ/|/ˈbeɪd͡ʒ/}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-beige.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪʒ|eɪdʒ|s=1}}

===Noun===
{{en-noun|~}}

# A slightly [[yellowish]] [[gray]] [[colour]], as that of [[unbleached]] [[wool]].
#: {{color panel|beige|F5F5DC}}
# [[debeige|Debeige]]; a kind of [[woollen]] or mixed [[dress]] goods.

====Translations====
{{trans-top|colour}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|beige}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|bezh}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|بِيج}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|بِيج|tr=bēj}}
* Armenian: {{t+|hy|բեժ}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t|az|bej}}
* Bambara: {{t|bm|bɔ́gɔji}}
* Bengali: {{t|bn|বেইজ}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|бежов цвят|m}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|အဝါနုရောင်ရှိသော}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|beix|m}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|米黃|tr=mǐhuáng}}, {{t+|cmn|米色|tr=mǐsè}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|béžový|m}}
* Danish: {{t|da|beige}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|beige}}
* Esperanto: {{t|eo|flavgriza}}, {{t|eo|beĵa}}
* Estonian: {{t+|et|beež}}
* Faroese: {{t|fo|ljósbrúngulur}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|beesi}}, {{t+|fi|beige}}
* French: {{t+|fr|beige}}
* Galician: {{t|gl|beis}}, {{t|gl|beixe|m|f}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|ბეჟი}}, {{t|ka|ჩალისფერი}}, {{t|ka|კრემისფერი}}, {{t|ka|ქარვისფერი}}, {{t|ka|მოთეთრო-მოყვითალო}}, {{t|ka|ქარცი}}, {{t|ka|ბაცი}}, {{t|ka|ბაცი ყავისფერი}}, {{t|ka|ხორცისფერი}}
* German: {{t+|de|Beige|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|μπεζ|n}}
* Hindi: {{t|hi|बेज}}, {{t|hi|बेझ़}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bézs}}
* Icelandic: {{t|is|ljósbrúnn}}, {{t|is|grábrúnn}}, {{t|is|drappaður}}
* Ido: {{t+|io|beja}}
* Igbo: {{t|ig|edo edo}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|krem}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|béas}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bigio}}, {{t+|it|beige}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ベージュ|tr=bēju}}
* Khmer: {{t|km|បន៍ត្នោតខ្ចី|tr=b tnaot khchei}}
* Korean: {{t|ko|베이지}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t+|kmr|bej}}
* Louisiana Creole French: {{t|lou|bèj}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|беж|f}}
* Malagasy: {{t+|mg|beg}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|krim}}, {{t|ms|kuning air}}
* Maltese: {{t|mt|bexx}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|kirīmi}}
* Nepali: {{t|ne|बेज}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|بژ|tr=bež}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|beżowy}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bege}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|bej|n}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|беж}}
* Rwanda-Rundi: {{t|rw|bije}}
* Samoan: {{t|sm|ena}}
* Serbo-Croatian: {{t+|sh|bež|m}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|viciu}}, {{t|scn|beige}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|béžový}}
* Somali: {{t|so|midab beej}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|beis|m}}, {{t|es|''beige''|m}}, {{t|es|beish|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|beige}}
* Tagalog: {{t|tl|murang kayumanggi}}
* Tajik: {{t|tg|каҳваранг|sc=Cyrl}}
* Tetum: {{t|tet|krem}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|bej}}
* Uzbek: {{t+|uz|sargʻish}}, {{t|uz|bej}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|be}}, {{t|vi|màu be}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|lliw gwlanen}}, {{t|cy|llwydfelyn}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|bêzje}}
* Yoruba: {{t|yo|alagara}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===Adjective===
{{en-adj|er|more}}

# Having a slightly yellowish gray colour, as that of unbleached wool.
#: {{syn|en|bland|indistinct|colorless|drab}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=1956|author=w:Delano Ames|title=Crime out of Mind|chapter=24|url=http://openlibrary.org/works/OL5915292W|passage=Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a '''beige''' suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon.}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|author=Michel Marriott|title=When Beige Won’t Do|work=The New York Times|date=2006-11-23|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/23/technology/23basics.html|issn=0362-4331|passage=Mr. Lauwaert of Sony said he realized that most consumers were not going to buy computers that cost far more than discount '''beige''' boxes.}}
# {{lb|en|informal|originally|US}} Comfortably [[dull]] and [[unadventurous]], in a way that suggests middle-class suburbia.
#: {{syn|en|bland|tedious}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2007|author=Prairie L. Markussen|title=Cover|page=48|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-book|en|year=2010|author=Gerald J. McCarthy|title=A Man of Substances|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-web|en|url=https://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/a-beige-wine-for-a-beige-meal/|title=A Beige Wine for a Beige Meal|date=2013-03-25|author=Eric Asimov|work=NYT Diner’s Journal Blog|passage=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.}}
#* {{quote-av|en|year=2016|writer=Penelope Garcia|title=Criminal Minds|season=11|number=2|episode=The Witness|passage=He has no criminal record. He has no traffic tickets. His social media posts are just like... he's '''beige'''.}}

====Derived terms====
{{col-auto|en|sad beige|beigeish|beigeist|beigely|beigey|beiging|beigist|Beige Book|beige prose|beige box|beige fat|beigeness|beige flag}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top|having a slightly yellowish gray colour}}
* Afrikaans: {{t|af|beige}}
* Arabic: {{t|ar|بِيج}}
*: Hijazi Arabic: {{t|acw|بيج|tr=bēj}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|бе́жов}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|beix}}
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|米黃|tr=mǐhuáng}}, {{t+|cmn|米色|tr=mǐsè}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|béžový}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|beesi}}
* French: {{t+|fr|beige}}
* German: {{t+|de|beige}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|bézs}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|béasa}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|bigio}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|ベージュ|tr=bēju}}
* Kazakh: {{t|kk|сарғыш}}
* Louisiana Creole French: {{t|lou|bèj}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|бе́жов}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|kuning air}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|beżowy}}, {{t+|pl|beż|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|bege}}
* Romanian: {{t+|ro|bej}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|бе́жевый}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|beis}}
* Welsh: {{t|cy|lliw gwlanen}}, {{t|cy|llwydfelyn}}
{{trans-bottom}}

===See also===
* [[Appendix:Colors]]

===Further reading===
* {{pedia}}
* {{R:GDoS|id=swfw4hy|pos=adj}}

{{C|en|Browns|Greys|Whites|Yellows}}

{{cln|en|calculator words}}

==Afrikaans==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|af|nl|beige}}, from {{der|af|fr|beige}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|af|LL-Q14196 (afr)-Anon1314-beige.wav}}

===Adjective===
{{af-adj}}

# {{l|en|beige}}

{{C|af|Colors}}

==Dutch==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|nl|fr|beige}}, from {{der|nl|frm|beige}}, from {{der|nl|fro|bege}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|nl|/ˈbɛːʒə/}}
* {{audio|nl|Nl-beige.ogg}}
* {{hyphenation|nl|bei|ge}}

===Adjective===
{{nl-adj}}

# {{l|en|beige}}

====Declension====
{{nl-decl-adj}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|nl|beigeachtig}}

{{C|nl|Colors}}

==Finnish==

===Alternative forms===
* {{l|fi|beesi}}, {{l|fi|bees}}

===Etymology===
{{ubor|fi|fr|beige}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{fi-p|beige|beeži}}

===Adjective===
{{fi-adj|beige|mpi|in}}

# [[#English|beige]]

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-nalle|pos=adj|beig|||ä}}

===Noun===
{{fi-noun}}

# [[#English|beige]] {{gloss|color}}

====Declension====
{{fi-decl-nalle|beig|||ä}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:KTSK|accessdate=2023-07-02}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro|bege}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}
* {{audio|fr|Fr-beige.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# {{l|en|beige}}

====Descendants====
{{desc-top}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ca|beix}}
* {{desc|bor=1|nl|beige}}
** {{desc|af|beige}}
* {{desc|bor=1|en|beige}}
** {{desc|hi|बेज}}
* {{desc|bor=1|acw|بيج|tr=bēj}}
* {{desc|bor=1|et|beež}}
* {{desc|bor=1|fi|beesi|beige|bees}}
* {{desc|bor=1|gl|beixe}}
* {{desc|bor=1|de|beige|Beige}}
* {{desc|bor=1|el|μπεζ}}
* {{desc|bor=1|hu|bézs}}
* {{desc|bor=1|it|beige}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ja|ベージュ|tr=bēju}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ko|베이지}}
* {{desc|bor=1|lou|bèj}}
* {{desc|bor=1|lb|beige}}
* {{desc|bor=1|fa|بژ|tr=bež}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pl|beż}}
* {{desc|bor=1|pt|bege}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ro|bej}}
* {{desc|bor=1|ru|беж}}
* {{desc|bor=1|es|beis|beige}}
* {{desc|bor=1|sv|beige}}
* {{desc|bor=1|tr|bej}}
* {{desc|bor=1|vi|-}} {{vi-l|be}}
{{desc-bottom}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

{{C|fr|Browns|Greys|Whites|Yellows}}

==German==

===Etymology 1===
{{ubor|de|fr|beige}}.

====Pronunciation====
* ''Predicative form:'' {{IPA|de|/beːʃ/|/bɛːʃ/}}
* ''Inflected forms:'' {{IPA|de|/beːʒə/|/bɛːʒə/|/beːʃə/|/bɛːʃə/}}
* {{rhymes|de|eːʃə|eːʃ|ɛːʃ|ɛːʒə|eːʒə|ɛːʃə|s2=2|s1=2|s3=2}}

====Adjective====
{{de-adj}}

# [[#English|beige]]

=====Usage notes=====
''Beige'' is inflected like a regular adjective in pronunciation. However, since its basic form is written with a mute ''-e'', the inflectional ending ''-e'' is not visible in writing: ''das beig'''e''''' [beːʒə] ''Haus'' – the beige house.

The other inflectional endings are visible: ''in dem beig'''en''' Haus'' – in the beige house.

=====Declension=====
{{de-adecl}}

=====Related terms=====
* {{l|de|Beige}}

===Etymology 2===
{{nonlemma}}

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|de|/ˈbaɪ̯ɡə/}}
* {{hyphenation|de|bei|ge}}

====Verb====
{{head|de|verb form}}

# {{verb form of|de|beigen||1|s|pres|;|1//3|s|sub|I|;|s|imp}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:Duden}}
* {{R:DWDS}}

{{C|de|Browns|Yellows}}

==Luxembourgish==

===Etymology===
Borrowed from {{bor|lb|fr|beige}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|lb|/ˈbeːʃ/}}
* {{audio|lb|Lb-beige.ogg}}

===Adjective===
{{lb-adj|beigen}}

# {{l|en|beige}}

====Declension====
{{rfinfl|lb|adjective}}

{{C|lb|Colors}}

==Norwegian Bokmål==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nb|besj||alternative spelling}}

===Adjective===
{{nb-adj-3|non-comp}}

# {{l|en|beige}}

===References===
* {{R:The Bokmål Dictionary}}

==Norwegian Nynorsk==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|nn|besj||alternative spelling}}

===Adjective===
{{head|nn|adjective|singular and plural|beige|comparative|beigare|indefinite superlative|beigast|definite superlative|beigaste}}

# {{l|en|beige}}

===References===
* {{R:The Nynorsk Dictionary}}

==Spanish==

===Etymology===
{{ubor|es|fr|beige}}.

===Pronunciation===
{{es-pr|beish|beis|besh}}

===Adjective===
{{es-adj|inv=1}}

# {{alt form|es|beis}}

===Noun===
{{es-noun|m|-}}

# {{alt form|es|beis}}

====Usage notes====
{{es-unadapted}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:es:DRAE}}

==Swedish==

===Etymology===
Attested from 1895. {{ubor|sv|fr|beige}}. The slang definition is likely associated to the perceived blandness of the color.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|sv|/beːɧ/|/bɛːɧ/|a=Swedish}}
* {{rhymes|sv|eːɧ|ɛːɧ|s1=1}}

===Adjective===
{{head|sv|adjective}}

# {{l|en|beige}}.
#: {{ux|sv|Hon hade en lång, '''beige''' kappa på sig.|She wore a long, '''beige''' coat.}}
# {{lb|sv|slang}} [[boring]], [[uninteresting]], [[negative]].
#: {{ux|sv|Din morsa är så jävla '''beige'''!|Your mother is so damn '''dull'''.}}

====Declension====
{{sv-adj-reg|beige|beigt|beig|beige|beige|beig|beig|beig|beig}}

{{C|sv|Colors}}