rufous

English

Etymology

From Latin rūfus (“red”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹuːfəs/

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• Rhymes: -uːfəs

Adjective

rufous (not comparable)

1. of a reddish colour

Derived terms

• rufous-backed antvireo
• rufous-backed fantail
• rufous-bellied kookaburra
• rufous-bellied tit
• rufous-breasted sparrowhawk
• rufous bush chat
• rufous bush robin
• rufous-capped antshrike
• rufous-chested sparrowhawk
• rufous-collared sparrow
• rufous-crowned sparrow
• rufous grasswren
• rufous-naped tit
• rufous owl
• rufous scrub robin
• rufous-tailed hawk
• rufous-tailed rock thrush
• rufous-tailed scrub robin
• rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
• rufous-vented tit
• rufous warbler
• rufous-winged antshrike

 

Translations

colour

• Bulgarian: ръждиво кафяв (rǎždivo kafjav)
• Finnish: punertava (fi), punakka (fi)
• Greek: υπέρυθρος (el) (ypérythros), ερυθροκίτρινος m (erythrokítrinos)
• Hungarian: vörhenyes (hu), rőt (hu)
• Persian: نارنجی سیر (nârenji sir)
• Romanian: arămiu (ro)
• Spanish: rufo (es)

Noun

rufous (countable and uncountable, plural rufouses)

1. (countable) Short for rufous hummingbird.
   • 2021, Daniel I. Stein, Attracting Hummingbirds:

     Partners in Flight — a conservation group that tracks several species of birds, including hummingbirds — estimates that the rufous population is currently 62% smaller than it was in 1966. […] Rufouses are adapting, however, and becoming more willing to use urban feeders and gardens.

2. (uncountable) A reddish-brown colour, as of rust.

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