hue

See also: Hue, hué, Hué, Huế, Huê, Huë, and hü

hue - English

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /hjuː/, [çu̟ː]
(US) IPA: /hju/, [çu], /ju/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /hjʉː/, [çʉː]
Homophones: hew, Hugh, Hiw

Alternative forms

hew (obsolete)

Noun

hue (countable and uncountable, plural hues)

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
The characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color, for instance red, yellow, green, cyan, blue or magenta.
- In digital arts, HSV color uses hue together with saturation and value.
(figuratively) A character; aspect.
(obsolete) Form; appearance; guise.

Derived terms

hued

Translations

Bulgarian: нюанс (bg) m (njuans), оттенък (bg) m (ottenǎk)
Catalan: matís (ca) m, to (ca) m
Chinese:
- Mandarin: 色調／色调 (zh) (sèdiào), 色彩 (zh) (sècǎi)
Danish: farve (da) c, skær n, kulør c
Dutch: schakering (nl) f, kleurschakering f, tint (nl) f
Finnish: väri (fi), sävy (fi), värisävy
French: teinte (fr) f
Galician: tonalidade (gl) f
German: Farbton (de) m
Greek: απόχρωση (el) f (apóchrosi)
Hebrew: גוון‎ (he) m (gaven)
Hungarian: színárnyalat (hu), árnyalat (hu)
Icelandic: litblær (is) m, litur (is) m, farfi m
Italian: colore (it) m, tinta (it) f, sfumatura (it) f, tonalità (it) f, colorazione (it) f, ombreggiatura f, sfumatura (it) f, tratteggio (it) m
Japanese: 色彩 (ja) (しきさい, shikisai), 色調 (ja) (しきちょう, shikichō)
Latin: color (la) m
Norwegian: farve (no) n, nyanse m
- Bokmål: kulør m
- Nynorsk: kulør m
Occitan: tinta (oc) f, tencha (oc) f, tint m, tench m, matís m
Old English: hīew n
Persian: فام‎ (fa) (fâm)
Polish: odcień (pl) m
Portuguese: matiz (pt) f, tom (pt) m, tonalidade (pt) f, nuança (pt) f, nuance (pt) f
Russian: отте́нок (ru) m (otténok)
Sanskrit: रङ्ग (sa) m (raṅga)
Spanish: (of people) color (es) m, tono (es) m, coloración f, (obsolete); (of object) matiz (es) m, tono (es) m, coloración f
Swedish: kulör (sv) färgnyans
Ukrainian: відті́нок m (vidtínok)
Welsh: gwawr (cy) f, gne m

Catalan: matís (ca) m, to (ca) m
Danish: farvetone c
Finnish: väri (fi)
Russian: отте́нок (ru) m (otténok)
Spanish: matiz (es) m, tonalidad f

Bulgarian: нюанс (bg) m (njuans)
Catalan: to (ca) m
Danish: afskygning c
Dutch: aanblik (nl), voorkomen (nl) n
Finnish: vivahde, häivähdys (fi)
Greek: χροιά (el) f (chroiá)
Italian: colorito (it) m
Spanish: matiz (es) m

Noun

hue (plural hues)

(obsolete) A shout or cry.

Derived terms

hue and cry

Anagrams

hue - Aragonese

Alternative forms

güe

Adverb

hue

today

hue - Danish

Noun

hue c (singular definite huen, plural indefinite huer)

a hat of soft material (often wool), worn in cold times

Inflection

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	hue	huen	huer	huerne
genitive	hues	huens	huers	huernes

Verb

hue (imperative hu, infinitive at hue, present tense huer, past tense huede, perfect tense har huet)

(transitive) To please

hue - French

Pronunciation

^{(aspirated h)} IPA: /y/

Interjection

hue!

yah!, cry to make (a) working animal(s) etc. advance or turn right
- Antonym: dia!

Derived terms

à hue et à dia

Verb

hue

inflection of huer:
1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

hue - Hawaiian

Noun

hue

A gourd

hue - Maori

Noun

hue

A gourd (plant)

hue - Middle English

Pronoun

hue

Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Pronoun

hue

Alternative form of he (“they”)

hue - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hue f or m (definite singular hua or huen, indefinite plural huer, definite plural huene)

a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat

Synonyms

Noun

hue n (definite singular huet, indefinite plural huer, definite plural hua or huene)

(dialect, metonymically) a head

Synonyms

hode

hue - Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA: /²hʉː.ə/

Alternative forms

huve

Noun

hue f (definite singular hua, indefinite plural huer, definite plural huene)

a cap (without a peak, often knitted), woolly hat
- Synonyms: lue, luve

Noun

hue n (definite singular huet, indefinite plural hue, definite plural hua)

(dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)

hue - Portuguese

Alternative forms

huehue, huehuehue and so on, depending on the supposed length of the laugh

Pronunciation

IPA: /huˈe/, /ˈhwe/

Interjection

hue

(Brazil, Internet slang) expressing laugh; hahaha