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brown black

Greek translation: καστανόμαυρο/καφέ-μαύρο

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English term or phrase:brown black
Greek translation:καστανόμαυρο/καφέ-μαύρο
Entered by: Daphne Theodoraki

16:44 Oct 31, 2005
English to Greek translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: brown black
description of color
annick
καστανόμαυρος/καστανόμαυρη/καστανόμαυρο
Explanation:
καστανόμαυρος for male
καστανόμαυρη for female
καστανόμαυρο for neutral
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Daphne Theodoraki
Sweden
Local time: 11:51
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5 +12καστανόμαυρος/καστανόμαυρη/καστανόμαυρο
Daphne Theodoraki
5 +3καφέ-μαύρο
Calliope Sofianopoulos (X)


  

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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
καστανόμαυρος/καστανόμαυρη/καστανόμαυρο


Explanation:
καστανόμαυρος for male
καστανόμαυρη for female
καστανόμαυρο for neutral

Daphne Theodoraki
Sweden
Local time: 11:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Greek
PRO pts in category: 4
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Vicky Papaprodromou: Καλή βδομάδα, Δάφνη!
1 min
  -> Ευχαριστώ, Βίκυ, επίσης!
agree  Nick Lingris
2 mins
agree  Betty Revelioti
40 mins
agree  Lamprini Kosma
1 hr
agree  Elena Petelos
1 hr
agree  Natassa Iosifidou
2 hrs
agree  Konstantinos Karanikas B.Sc. Electr. Eng., MITI
3 hrs
agree  Sophia Finos (X)
5 hrs
agree  Maria Karra
6 hrs
agree  Nadia-Anastasia Fahmi
15 hrs
agree  Assimina Vavoula
20 hrs
agree  Martine C
1 day 17 hrs
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18 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
brown-black
καφέ-μαύρο


Explanation:
If you're referring to the colour of anything but hair or eyes, it would be καφέ-μαύρο. In that case you would normally have the English as brown-black. I recently bought some brown-black furniture (tables and bookcases). We would not say καστανόμαυρη βιβλιοθήκη in Greek for a bookcase that is black with slight brown marks through it. If, on the other hand, you are referring to the colour of somebody's eyes or hair, then καστανόμαυρο it is.

Calliope Sofianopoulos (X)
Australia
Local time: 19:51
Native speaker of: Native in GreekGreek, Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Elena Petelos: Πράγματι, "καστανόμαυρος λιγνίτης" ακούγεται κάπως παράξενο. http://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/Λιγνίτης‚
2 days 2 hrs
  -> Ευχαριστώ Έλενα και καλημέρα :-)
agree  Natassa Iosifidou
7 days
agree  stahat (X): το καφέ-μαύρο περιλαμβάνεται σε πολλών ειδών χρωματολόγια π.χ. σε ρούχα και χρωματισμούς (π.χ. περιγραφή τριχώματος ζώων)
7 days
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