flaxen

flaxen

English

Etymology

From Middle English flaxen, flexon, flexin, from Old English fleaxen (“of flax; flaxen”), equivalent to flax +‎ -en (“made of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflæk.sən/
• Rhymes: -æksən

Adjective

flaxen

1. Made of or resembling flax fibers.
   • The couple and their children have flaxen hair.
2. A pale yellow brown; the colour of dried flax stalks and of the fiber obtained therefrom.

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Translations

material

Bulgarian: ленен (bg) (lenen) Danish: hørfarvet Dutch: vlassen (nl) Finnish: pellavainen German: flachsen (de) Japanese: 亜麻製の (あませいの, amasei no) Latin: līneus Middle English: flaxen Polish: lniany (pl) m Russian: льняно́й (ru) (lʹnjanój)

color

Bulgarian: светложълт (bg) (svetložǎlt) Chinese: Mandarin: 亚麻色 Finnish: pellavan värinen French: de lin German: flachsfarben (de) Hungarian: lenszőke Irish: buíbhán, fionn (of hair) Japanese: 亜麻色の (あまいろの, amairo no) Latin: flāvus (la) Maori: kōrito (of hair) Polish: lniany (pl) m, jasnobrązowy (pl) m Portuguese: cor de linho f

See also

• blond
• linen
• tow, towhead
• Appendix:Colors

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• flexin, flexon

Etymology

Inherited from Old English fleaxen; equivalent to flax +‎ -en (“made of”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈflaksən/, /flɛksən/

Adjective

flaxen

1. (rare, Late Middle English) Flaxen; made out of flax.

Descendants

• English: flaxen
• Yola: vlaxen

References

• “flexen, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.