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Etymology
ME. broun (the color brown from 13th century) < OE. brun|brūn (dark, shining) < PG. *brunaz < PIE. *bher- (shining, brown). Cognates include Danish bruin, Icelandic brnn, Swedish brun, German braun, Lithuanian brunas, beras, Sanskrit babhru, and Medieval Latin brunus, Spanish bruno, French brun. Confer bruin, beaver, burnish, brunette.

Noun
en-noun

1. A red-orange colour, including the colour of chocolate or coffee.

#: <table><tr><td>brown colour: &nbsp;</td><td bgcolor"brown" width"80">&nbsp; </td></tr></table>
#* The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.

1. context|snooker One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 4 points.

Translations
trans-top|colour
Catalan: t+|ca|marró
Danish: t-|da|brun
Dutch: t+|nl|bruin
Estonian: t-|et|pruun
French: t+|fr|marron, t+|fr|brun
Finnish: t+|fi|ruskea
Greek: t+|el|κα��αν�|n|trkastanó|scGrek
Hebrew: ��� (khum)
Irish: t-|ga|donn|xs=Irish
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Japanese: �� (chairo), �� (kasshoku)
Kurdish: çakar, qehweyî, qehwerengî, KUchar|�ا�����
Malayalam: തവി���� (thavittu)
Polish: t+|pl|br�z|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|castanho|m, t+|pt|marrom|m
Scots: broon
Scottish Gaelic: donn (dark brown), ruadh (reddish-brown)
Slovene: rjava f
Spanish: t-|es|marrón|m, t+|es|café|m
Swedish: t+|sv|brun
Turkish: t+|tr|kahverengi
Vietnamese: màu nâu, màu sạm
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Adjective
en-adj-both

1. colour Having a brown colour.

Translations
trans-top|having brown colour
Bosnian: sme�a f
Breton: brun, gell
Catalan: marró, m & f, bru m, bruna f
Chinese: ��� (k�f�isè)
Cornish: owr
Czech: t-|cs|hn�dý|m
Danish: t-|da|brun
Dutch: t+|nl|bruin
Esperanto: t-|eo|bruna|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t+|fi|ruskea
French: t+|fr|brun, t+|fr|marron
Frisian: brún
German: t+|de|braun
Greek: t|el|κα��αν��|m|sc=Grek (kastanós)
Hungarian: t+|hu|barna
Indonesian: t+|id|coklat|xs=Indonesian
Irish: t-|ga|donn|xs=Irish
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Japanese: ��� (chairoi), ��� (kasshoku no)
Javanese: soklat
Kurdish: çakar, qehweyî, qehwerengî
Lithuanian: t-|lt|rudas|m|xs=Lithuanian
Novial: bruni
Persian: FAchar|�����ا� (qahve�i)
Polish: t+|pl|br�zowy|m
Portuguese: t+|pt|castanho, t+|pt|marrom
Romanian: t+|ro|maro, t+|ro|brun
Russian: t+|ru|ко�и�нев�й|trkorí�nevyj|scCyrl
Scots: broon
Scottish Gaelic: donn
Spanish: t-|es|marrón, t+|es|café, t-|es|pardo
Slovak: hnedá
Slovene: rjav m, rjava f, rjavo n
Swedish: t+|sv|brun
Turkish: t+|tr|kahverengi
Vietnamese: (màu) nâu, sạm; rám nắng, sạm nắng (skin)
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Verb
en-verb

1. To become brown.

#: Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.

1. cooking To cook something until it becomes brown.

#: Brown the onions in a large frying pan.

Translations
trans-top|to become brown
Danish: t-|da|brune
Dutch: bruin worden
Finnish: t-|fi|ruskistua
French: t|fr|brunir
Greek: t|el|μα��ίζ�|scGrek (mavrízo), t|el|�κο��αίν�|scGrek (skouraíno)
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Persian: FAchar|����ا� شد� (qahve�i shodan)
Portuguese: acastanhar
Turkish: kahverengile�mek
Vietnamese: nâu hóa, sạm hóa
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trans-top|to tan
Danish: blive brun
Dutch: bruinen
Esperanto: t-|eo|brunigi|xs=Esperanto
Finnish: t-|fi|ruskettua
French: t|fr|bronzer
Greek: t|el|μα��ίζ�|sc=Grek (mavrízo)
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Portuguese: bronzear
Spanish: t-|es|broncearse
Turkish: t+|tr|yanmak
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trans-top|to cook
Danish: t-|da|brune
Dutch: bruinbakken
Finnish: t|fi|ruskistaa
French: faire dorer, faire roussir
Greek: t|el|��ιγα�ίζ�|scGrek (tsigarízo), t|el|�οδίζ�|scGrek (rodízo), t|el|καβο��ν�ίζ�|sc=Grek (kavourntízo)
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Swedish: bryna
Vietnamese: rán (vàng), phi (onions)
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Translations to be checked
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ttbc|Lithuanian: ruduoti (1), parudinti (2)

Derived terms
rel-top|terms derived from "brown"
brown adipose tissue
brown ale
brown bear
Brown Bess
Brown Betty
brown-bill
brown bread
brown coal
brown dwarf
brown earth
brown fat
brown goods
brown lacewing
brown lung
brown mustard
brown paper
brown patch
brown rat
brown rice
brown rot
brown sauce
Brown Shirt
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brown sugar
Brown Swiss
brown thrasher
brown trout
brown-bag
brown-bagger
browned off
brownfield
brownie
Brownie point
brownish
brownnose
brownout
brownprint
brownstone
embrown
golden brown
hash browns
meadow brown
nut-borwn
Vandyke brown
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Related terms
brunet
burnet

See also
Appendix:Colours

Category:1000 English basic words
Category:Browns
Category:Colors

ang:brown
ar:brown
de:brown
et:brown
el:brown
fa:brown
fr:brown
gl:brown
hy:brown
io:brown
id:brown
it:brown
kk:brown
ku:brown
hu:brown
ja:brown
pl:brown
pt:brown
ru:brown
simple:brown
fi:brown
sv:brown
ta:brown
te:brown
vi:brown
tr:brown
uk:brown
zh:brown

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