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Iris
bluish green colour, greenish blue or turquoise?
What do you call this colour?
Do you use the adjective "turquoise" for it?
The Wikipedia gives two ways of its pronunciation.How do you pronounce it?
2014년 4월 27일 오후 6:44
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We just painted my daughter's room turquoise :) I'm from the mid-Atlantic region of the US and I pronounce it /ˈtɜrˌkwɔɪz/ .
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/us/pronunciation/american/turquoise
2014년 4월 27일
The ladies already gave you great answers. I wanted to point that it's clearly pronounced like this in the States and we're not sure about the UK. The word is obviously French, they pronounce it "terk-waz" and that means "Turkish". I just happen to know that the color is named after a mineral (or whatever it is) of the same color, which you can commonly see as a gem used in handmade jewerly.
2014년 4월 27일
Personally I would probably describe turquoise as bluish green. I think that opinion can change based on a persons experience. Someone who has studied art or fashion may be more exact in determining which color is which.
I am from mid-North America and I pronounce it "tur-koi-ss". koi like koi fish.
2014년 4월 27일
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