hue

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hue"

English

Pronunciation

(UK, Canada) IPA^(key): /hjuː/, [ç(j)u̟ː]
(US) IPA^(key): /hju/, [ç(j)u], /ju/
(General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /hjʉː/, [ç(j)ʉː]
(Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /hɪu̯/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -uː
Homophones: hew, Hugh, Hiw

Etymology 1

From Middle English hewe,^[1] from Old English hīew (“appearance, form, species, kind; apparition; hue, color; beauty; figure of speech”), from Proto-West Germanic *hiwi, from Proto-Germanic *hiwją (“hue, form, shape, appearance; mildew”), from Proto-Indo-European *kew-, *ḱew- (“skin, colour of the skin”) or *ḱey- (“grey, dark shade”). Cognate with Swedish hy (“complexion, skin”), Norwegian hy (“fluff, mold, skin”), Icelandic hégómi (“vanity”), Gothic 𐌷𐌹𐍅𐌹 (hiwi, “form, show, appearance”). Compare also Sanskrit छवि (chavi, “cuticle, skin, hide; beauty, splendour”); Irish ceo (“fog”), Tocharian B kwele (“black, dark grey”), Lithuanian šývas (“light grey”), Albanian thinjë (“grey”), Sanskrit श्याव (śyāvá, “brown”).

Alternative forms

hew (obsolete)

Noun

hue (countable and uncountable, plural hues)

A color, or shade of color; tint; dye.
- 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC:
  A great chocolate-coloured pall lowered over heaven, but the wind was continually charging and routing these embattled vapours; so that as the cab crawled from street to street, Mr. Utterson beheld a marvelous number of degrees and hues of twilight; for here it would be dark like the back-end of evening; and there would be a glow of a rich, lurid brown, like the light of some strange conflagration; and here, for a moment, the fog would be quite broken up, and a haggard shaft of daylight would glance in between the swirling wreaths.
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

color or shade of color; tint; dye

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
Esperanto: kolornuanco, nuanco de koloro
Finnish: väri (fi), sävy (fi), värisävy
French: teinte (fr) f, nuance (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) m, tom (pt) m, tonalidade (pt) f, nuança (pt) f, nuance (pt) f
Russian: отте́нок (ru) m (otténok)
Sanskrit: रङ्ग (sa) m (raṅga)
Spanish: color (es) m, tono (es) m, coloración f, tez (es) f (of skin), matiz (es) m, tinte (es) m
Swedish: kulör (sv) färgnyans (sv)
Ukrainian: відті́нок m (vidtínok)
Welsh: gwawr (cy) f, gne m

the characteristic related to the light frequency that appears in the color

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

character; aspect

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

French: ^{(please verify)} nuance (fr) f
Gilbertese: ^{(please verify)} mata
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} fargetone

Etymology 2

From Old French hu or Old French heu, a hunting cry.^[1]

Noun

hue (plural hues)

(obsolete) A shout or cry.

Derived terms

hue and cry

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Arika Okrent (2019 July 5) “12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms”, in Mental Floss‎^[1], Pocket, retrieved 2021-10-08

Anagrams

HEU

Aragonese

Alternative forms

güe

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

hue

today

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

Noun

hue c (singular definite huen, plural indefinite huer)

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

Inflection

Declension of hue

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

Etymology 2

From Old Norse huga (“think”).

Verb

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

(transitive) To please
- 1859, Joaquim Gomes de Souza, Anthologie universelle choix des meilleures poésies lyriques de diverses nations dans les langues originales, page 863:
  Moders Røst er den Vuggesang, Der huer os bedst af Alle , Modersmaal bar en himmelsk Klang, Naar Børnene "Moder" lalle.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2017, TruthBeTold Ministry, English Danish Bible No12: Geneva 1560 - Dansk 1931, TRUTHBETOLD MINISTRY JOERN ANDRE HALSETH, →ISBN:
  Da sammenkaldte de tolv Disciplenes Skare og sagde: "Det huer os ikke at forlade Guds Ord for at tjene ved Bordene.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2011, Joan Ørting, Vær åben: energi og glæde i parforholdet, Lindhardt og Ringhof, →ISBN, page 221:
  Må jeg gå til fest med mine eks'er? Der kan være et hav af flere og andre spørgsmål, som vi gerne vil have svar på, så vi ved, hvornår vi er ved at overskride vores partners grænse. Det kan jo godt ske, at partnerens grænser slet ikke huer os.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

French

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Compare German hü, hüa, Dutch ju.

Interjection

hue!

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

Derived terms

à hue et à dia

Etymology 2

Inflected form of huer

Verb

hue

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

Anagrams

euh

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fue (compare with Maori hue).^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] Sense of bottle product of semantic broadening, compare with similar patterns in Samoan fagu and Tongan fangu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhu.e/, [ˈhu.we]

Noun

hue

bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria
1. Any container using the dried shell of this plant, calabash.
bottle, flask
Synonym: ʻōmole

References

^ Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hue”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 85
^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fue.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
^ “Proto Polynesian Etymologies: *Hue”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎^[2], Benton Family Trust, 2024
^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 132

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fue (compare with Hawaiian hue)^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Noun

hue

bottle gourd, Lagenaria siceraria
1. any container using the shell of this fruit, calabash
  Synonym: tahā

References

^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[3], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 90-1
^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fue.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
^ “Proto Polynesian Etymologies: *Hue”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎^[4], Benton Family Trust, 2024
^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 132

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

hue

Alternative form of heo (“she”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

hue

Alternative form of he (“they”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

Lue

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From Old Norse húfa.

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

lue

Etymology 2

Noun

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

(dialect, metonymically) a head

Synonyms

hode

References

“hue” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²hʉː.ə/

Etymology 1

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:

hue

Wikipedia ⁿⁿ

From Old Norse húfa.

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

Etymology 2

Noun

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

(dialectal) alternative form of hovud (“head”)
- 1990, Ove Røsbak, Månen og skilpadde [The Moon and the Turtle], Oslo: Samlaget, page 36:
  Det var den fyrste rota han hadde sett røre på seg, og ho fekk brått eit hue der det lyste to gule, grufulle auge.
  It was the first root he'd ever seen move, and all of the sudden it got a head with two yellow, menacing eyes.

References

“hue” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /huˈe/, /ˈhwe/

Interjection

hue

(Brazil, Internet slang) expressing laugh; hahaha

[mf-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Arika Okrent (2019 July 5) “12 Old Words That Survived by Getting Fossilized in Idioms”, in Mental Floss‎^[1], Pocket, retrieved 2021-10-08

[2] Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “hue”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, revised & enlarged edition, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, page 85

[3] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fue.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

[4] “Proto Polynesian Etymologies: *Hue”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎^[2], Benton Family Trust, 2024

[5] Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 132

[6] Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎^[3], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 90-1

[7] Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “fue.1b”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online

[8] “Proto Polynesian Etymologies: *Hue”, in Te Māra Reo: The Language Garden‎^[4], Benton Family Trust, 2024

[9] Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 3: Plants, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 132

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hue

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

References

Anagrams

Aragonese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adverb

Danish

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Etymology 2

Verb

French

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Interjection

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Anagrams

Hawaiian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

References

Maori

Etymology

Noun

References

Further reading

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

Etymology 2

Pronoun

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

Noun

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Etymology 2

Noun

Synonyms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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Noun

Etymology 2

Noun

References

Portuguese

Alternative forms

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