brown
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Middle English broun (the color brown from 13th century) < Old English brūn (dark, shining) < Proto-Germanic *brunaz < Proto-Indo-European *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.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /braʊn/
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- Rhymes: -aʊn
[edit] Noun
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brown (plural browns)
- A red-orange colour, including the colour of chocolate or coffee.
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brown colour:
- The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
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- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker with a value of 4 points.
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colour
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one of the colour balls used in snooker
[edit] Adjective
brown (comparative browner or more brown, superlative brownest or most brown)
- (color) Having a brown colour.
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having brown colour
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[edit] Verb
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to brown (third-person singular simple present browns, present participle browning, simple past and past participle browned)
- To become brown.
- Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.
- (cooking) To cook something until it becomes brown.
- Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
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to become brown
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to tan
to cook
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terms derived from "brown"
