Flaxen — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/flˈæksən/

🇬🇧British English

/flˈaksən/

🇮🇳Indian English

/flˈaksən/

2 syllables Say it as /flˈæksən/.

Examples

flaxen locks

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sandy

Parts of Speech

adjective

of hair color; pale yellowish to yellowish brown

“flaxen locks”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Flachs

der Haarfarbe; blass gelblich bis gelbbraun

🇫🇷French

de lin

de la couleur des cheveux; jaunâtre pâle à brun jaunâtre

🇪🇸Spanish

de lino

del color del cabello; amarillento pálido a marrón amarillento

🇮🇹Italian

di lino

del colore dei capelli; da giallastro pallido a marrone giallastro

🇳🇱Dutch

vlassen

van haarkleur; lichtgeel tot geelachtig bruin

🇵🇹Portuguese

linho

da cor do cabelo; amarelado pálido a marrom amarelado

🇷🇺Russian

льняной

цвета волос; от бледно-желтоватого до желтовато-коричневого

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पीले रंग का

बालों के रंग का; हल्के पीले से पीले भूरे रंग तक

🇧🇩Bengali

ফ্ল্যাক্সেন

চুলের রঙ; ফ্যাকাশে হলুদ থেকে হলুদ বাদামী

🇮🇳Tamil

ஆளிவிதை

முடி நிறம்; வெளிர் மஞ்சள் முதல் மஞ்சள் கலந்த பழுப்பு

🇮🇳Telugu

అవిసె

జుట్టు రంగు; లేత పసుపు నుండి పసుపు గోధుమ రంగు

🇮🇳Marathi

फ्लेक्सन

केसांचा रंग; फिकट पिवळसर ते पिवळसर तपकिरी

🇮🇳Gujarati

ફ્લેક્સન

વાળનો રંગ; આછો પીળોથી પીળો ભૂરો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅಗಸೆ

ಕೂದಲಿನ ಬಣ್ಣ; ತಿಳಿ ಹಳದಿ ಬಣ್ಣದಿಂದ ಹಳದಿ ಮಿಶ್ರಿತ ಕಂದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഫ്ളാക്സൻ

മുടിയുടെ നിറം; ഇളം മഞ്ഞ മുതൽ മഞ്ഞ കലർന്ന തവിട്ട് വരെ

🇵🇰Urdu

فلیکسن

بالوں کا رنگ؛ ہلکے پیلے سے پیلے بھورے تک

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

亚麻色

头发颜色；淡黄色至黄棕色

🇯🇵Japanese

亜麻仁

髪の色のこと。淡黄色～黄褐色

🇰🇷Korean

아마 같은

머리 색깔; 엷은 황갈색~황갈색

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lanh

màu tóc; màu vàng nhạt đến nâu vàng

🇹🇭Thai

ผ้าลินิน

สีผม; มีสีเหลืองอ่อนถึงน้ำตาลอมเหลือง

🇮🇩Indonesian

kuning muda

warna rambut; pucat kekuningan sampai coklat kekuningan

🇲🇾Malay

rami

warna rambut; kuning pucat hingga coklat kekuningan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كتاني

من لون الشعر. شاحب مصفر إلى البني المصفر

🇮🇷Persian

کتان

رنگ مو؛ مایل به زرد کم رنگ تا قهوه ای مایل به زرد

🇹🇷Turkish

keten

saç rengi; soluk sarımsı ila sarımsı kahverengi

🇮🇱Hebrew

פִּשׁתָנִי

של צבע שיער; צהבהב חיוור עד חום צהבהב

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