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auburn

/ˈɔ.bɚn/

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auburn noun: a dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.

Noun

auburn (countable and uncountable, plural auburns)

  1. A dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
    Synonyms:
    redbrown, abram

Adjective

auburn (comparative more auburn, superlative most auburn)

  1. Of a reddish-brown colour.
    • All were watching somebody in the garden with deep interest, their three faces close together: a jovial and round one, a pale one with dark hair, and a fair one whose tresses were auburn. “Don’t push! You can see as well as I,” said Retty, the auburn-haired and youngest girl, without removing her...1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXI, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: James R[ipley] Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., […]...
    • […]; nor was Miss Wilkinson the ideal: he had often pictured to himself the great violet eyes and the alabaster skin of some lovely girl, and he had thought of himself burying his face in the rippling masses of her auburn hair.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXXIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    cupreous

Proper noun capitalized: Auburn

IPA/ˈɔːbə(ɹ)n/

Auburn

  1. A female given name.
  2. A surname.
  3. A sizable city in Lee County, Alabama.
  4. A city, the county seat of Placer County, California.
    • The outage area continues to expand, stretching from Granite Bay, Newcastle, Loomis, and Auburn across Folsom Lake to Cool, and north through Colfax into Lake of the Pines.2026 June 20, Erin Heft, “Massive PG&E power outage leaves approximately 61,000 customers in the dark across Placer County”, in KCRA, archived from the original on 20 Jun 2026
  5. An unincorporated community in Weld County, Colorado.
  6. A city in Barrow County and Gwinnett County, Georgia.
  7. A city in Sangamon County, Illinois.
  8. A city, the county seat of DeKalb County, Indiana.
  9. A city in Sac County, Iowa.
  10. A city in Shawnee County, Kansas.
  11. A home rule city in Logan County, Kentucky.
  12. A city, the county seat of Androscoggin County, Maine.
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  1. A sizable town in Worcester County, Massachusetts.
  2. A city in Bay County, Michigan.
  3. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Mississippi.
  4. An unincorporated community in Lincoln County, Missouri.
  5. A city, the county seat of Nemaha County, Nebraska.
  6. A town in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
  7. An unincorporated community in Salem County, New Jersey.
  8. A city, the county seat of Cayuga County, New York.
  9. An unincorporated community in Wake County, North Carolina.
  10. A census-designated place and unincorporated community in Walsh County, North Dakota.
  11. A ghost town in Baker County, Oregon.
  12. A borough of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania.
  13. An urban neighborhood of Cranston, Rhode Island.
  14. An unincorporated community in Ellis County, Texas.
  15. A sizable city in King County and Pierce County, Washington.
  16. A town in Ritchie County, West Virginia.
  17. A town in Chippewa County, Wisconsin.
  18. A town in Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin.
  19. A census-designated place in Lincoln County, Wyoming.
  20. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Auburn Township.
  21. A suburb of Sydney in the Cumberland council area, Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.
  22. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  23. (abbreviation, ellipsis, informal) Ellipsis of Auburn University.
    • On Sept. 19, Brilyn Hollyhand, Auburn freshman studying political science, announced his plans to join forces with Turning Point USA (TPUSA) to launch his “One Conversation at a Time” college campus tour.2025 September 25, Tripp Hedden, “Brilyn Hollyhand announces campus tour with Turning Point USA”, in The Auburn Plainsman, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2025
    Synonyms:
    Aubum

auburn meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

auburn in Hindi

आबर्न, ऑबर्न

auburn in Tamil

reddish-brown
செம்பட்டை cempaṭṭai

auburn in Marathi

आबर्न, ऑबर्न

auburn in Urdu

آبرن, اوبرن
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auburn in Telugu
అబర్న్, ఔబర్న్, అబార్న్
auburn in Malayalam
ഔബർൺ, അബർൺ, അബർണൻ
auburn in Kannada
ಅಬರ್ನ್, ಔಬರ್ನ್, ಅಬ್ಬರ್ನ್
auburn in Gujarati
અબર્ન, આબર્ન, ઔબર્ન
auburn in Nepali
आबर्न, आउबर्न, आउबर्न्
auburn in Malay
perang kemerah-merahan
auburn in Indonesian
merah pirang
auburn in Persian
بور bur

Examples of auburn in a sentence

  • All were watching somebody in the garden with deep interest, their three faces close together: a jovial and round one, a pale one with dark hair, and a fair one whose tresses were auburn.1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter XXI, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles: A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented […], volume (please specify |volume=I to...
  • I never thought I'd meet a girl like you / Meet a girl like you / With auburn hair and tawny eyes1982, “I Ran (So Far Away)”, performed by A Flock of Seagulls:

Synonyms of auburn

Forms of auburn

Noun
pluralauburns
Adjective
comparativemore auburn
superlativemost auburn

Plural of auburn: auburns

Origin of auburn

Early Modern English auburn (“brown, reddish brown”) from Middle English aubourne, abron, abroune, abrune (“light brown, yellowish brown, blond”), alteration (due to conflation with Middle English brun (“brown”)) of earlier auborne (“yellowish-white, flaxen”) from Old French auborne, alborne (“blond, flaxen, off-white”) from Medieval Latin alburnus (“whitish”), from Latin albus (“white”). More at albino, brown.

Words formed from auburn

Phrases with auburn

Questions about auburn

What does auburn mean?
Auburn means a dark reddish-brown colour, often used to describe hair colour.
What is auburn in Hindi?
Auburn in Hindi is आबर्न, ऑबर्न. See Auburn meaning in Hindi.
How do you use auburn in a sentence?
All were watching somebody in the garden with deep interest, their three faces close together: a jovial and round one, a pale one with dark hair, and a fair one whose tresses were auburn.
What part of speech is auburn?
Auburn can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce auburn?
Auburn is pronounced /ˈɔ.bɚn/ (US).
What is the plural of auburn?
The plural of auburn is auburns.

Words near auburn in the dictionary

  1. Aubryists
  2. Aubrys
  3. Aubuchon
  4. Aubuchons
  5. Aubum
  6. auburn
  7. Auburn Lake Trails
  8. Auburn system
  9. Auburn Vale
  10. Auburndale
  11. Auburnite

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Adapted from Wiktionary: auburn (page history and authors); Auburn (page history and authors); auburn (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auburn (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auburn (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auburn (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auburn (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auburn (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auburn (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); auburn (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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