how to pronounce sepia

/ˈsiː.pi.ə/

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sepia is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of sepia in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… is obviously purple sepia from the …”

meanings of sepia

noun:

A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
The cuttlefish.
A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.

adjective:

Of a dark reddish-brown colour.

sepia frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word sepia occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics sepia can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that sepia can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;

2) life, nature, and living environment;