Definition
A reddish-purple dye or pigment made from certain lichens, historically used to color fabrics and paints.
Etymology
Named after Cuthbert Gordon, an 18th-century Scottish dyer who developed the process. The word combines the person's first name 'Cud' with 'bear,' possibly a folk etymology or corruption of the original surname.
Kelly Says
Cudbear was Scotland's answer to expensive imported dyes—it made vibrant colors accessible to regular people in the 1700s and became a major export product.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Cudbear
koo-d-bear
ARالعربية
كودبيا
koo-d-bia
BNবাংলা
cudbear
koo-d-bear
CACatalà
cudbear
koo-d-bear
CSČeština
cudbear
koo-d-bear
DADansk
cudbear
koo-d-bear
DEDeutsch
Cudbear
koo-d-bear
ELΕλληνικά
cudbear
koo-d-bear
ESEspañol
cudbear
koo-d-bear
FAفارسی
cudbear
koo-d-bear
FISuomi
cudbear
koo-d-bear
FRFrançais
cudbear
koo-d-bear
HEעברית
cudbear
koo-d-bear
HIहिन्दी
cudbear
koo-d-bear
HUMagyar
cudbear
koo-d-bear
IDBahasa Indonesia
cudbear
koo-d-bear
ITItaliano
cudbear
koo-d-bear
MSBahasa Melayu
cudbear
koo-d-bear
MYမြန်မာ
Cudbear
koo-d-bear
NLNederlands
cudbear
koo-d-bear
NONorsk
cudbear
koo-d-bear
PLPolski
cudbear
koo-d-bear
PTPortuguês
cudbear
koo-d-bear
RORomână
cudbear
koo-d-bear
RUРусский
кудбеар
kud-bear
SVSvenska
cudbear
koo-d-bear
SWKiswahili
cudbear
koo-d-bear
TAதமிழ்
cudbear
koo-d-bear
TEతెలుగు
cudbear
koo-d-bear
TRTürkçe
cudbear
koo-d-bear
UKУкраїнська
кудбеар
kud-bear
URاردو
cudbear
koo-d-bear
VITiếng Việt
cudbear
koo-d-bear