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khak·i

(kăk′ē, kä′kē)

1. A light olive brown to moderate or light yellowish brown.

a. A sturdy cloth of this color.

b. khakis A uniform made of this cloth.

c. khakis Pants made of a twilled cotton fabric of this color or another solid color.

[Urdu khākī, dusty, from Persian, from khāk, dust, from Middle Persian.]

khak′i adj.

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khaki

(ˈkɑːkɪ)

n, pl -kis

1. (Colours)

a. a dull yellowish-brown colour

b. (as adjective): a khaki background.

2. (Textiles)

a. a hard-wearing fabric of this colour, used esp for military uniforms

b. (as modifier): a khaki jacket.

[C19: from Urdu, from Persian: dusty, from khāk dust]

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khak•i

(ˈkæk i, ˈkɑ ki)

n., pl. khak•is,
adj. n.

1. dull yellowish brown.

2. a stout, usu. twilled fabric of this color, used esp. in making uniforms.

3. Usu., khakis.

a. a uniform made of this cloth, esp. a military uniform.

b. a garment made of this cloth, esp. trousers.

adj.

4. of the color khaki.

5. made of khaki.

[1855–60; < Urdu < Persian khākī dusty =khāk dust + -ī suffix of appurtenance]

khaki

A hard-wearing, light yellowish brown cloth, often used for uniforms.

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Noun	1.	khaki - a sturdy twilled cloth of a yellowish brown color used especially for military uniforms cloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress"
Adj.	1.	khaki - of a yellowish brown color chromatic - being or having or characterized by hue

Translations

كاكي

khaki

kakikaki-mænd i uniform

Kaki

kaki

khaki

kakí

cachi

chaki spalvachaki spalvõs

haki krāsahaki krāsas audums/formas tērps

kaki

kaki

hâki

卡其布卡其布的土黄色土黄色的

khaki

[ˈkɑːkɪ]

A. N (= cloth, colour) → caqui m khakis (= military uniform) → uniforme m caqui

B. ADJ → caqui inv

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khaki

[ˈkɑːki]

adj → kaki inv

n → kaki m

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khaki

n → Kaki nt

adj → kaki(braun or -farben)

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khaki

[ˈkɑːkɪ]

1. n (cloth) → tela cachi; (colour) → cachi m

2. adj → cachi inv

khaki

(ˈkaːki) noun, adjective

(of) a dull brownish or greenish yellow. a khaki uniform; The café was full of men in khaki.

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He was dressed in a bedraggled suit of khaki, and his hands would have been all the better for a wash.

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His most elaborate disguises had not been more effectual than this simple expedient, and, with khaki to complete the subdual of his individuality, he had every hope of escaping recognition in the field.

He will probably be horrified to hear that men can detest each other as cordially in khaki as in any other wear, and with a virulence seldom inspired by the bearded dead-shot in the opposite trench.

My reasons are not material, but as a matter of fact our last week's patrol had pushed its khaki tentacles both east and west; and eastward they had met with resistance so determined as to compel them to retire; yet it was eastward that we were travelling now.

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His interest in either party was but passive until he saw the khaki blouse, short skirt and trim leggins of the captive walking between two of the Dyaks of Muda Saffir's company.

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He wheeled to face an utter stranger--a tall, black-haired, gray-eyed stranger clad in khaki and pith helmet.

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He went to sleep and dreamt that he was suddenly sound of foot and out at the Cape in a regiment of Yeomanry; the pictures he had looked at in the illustrated papers gave materials for his fancy; and he saw himself on the Veldt, in khaki, sitting with other men round a fire at night.

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When Perry was rested we returned to the prospector, where he fitted himself out fully like a civilized human being--under-clothing, socks, shoes, khaki jacket and breeches and good, substantial puttees.

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For one reason; Farag, the kennel huntsman, in khaki and puttees, would obey nothing under the rank of an Excellency, and the hounds would obey no one but Farag; for another, the best way of estimating crop returns and revenue was by riding straight to hounds; for a third, though Judges down the river issued signed and sealed land-titles to all lawful owners, yet public opinion along the river never held any such title valid till it had been confirmed, according to precedent, by the Governor's hunting crop in the hunting field, above the wilfully neglected earth.

Farag, in loose, flowing garments, quite unlike a kennel huntsman's khaki and puttees, leaned against the wall of his uncle's house.

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There smoked and meditated a person in khaki, an engineer, who presently took an interest in Bert's machine.

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The monstrous stone image of Britannia was lying prone and face downward on the garden path; and there stuck out at random from underneath it, like the legs of a smashed fly, an arm clad in a white shirt sleeve and a leg clad in a khaki trouser, and hair of the unmistakable sandy gray that belonged to Horne Fisher's unfortunate uncle.