brown

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“dark, shining”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (compare West Frisian brún, Dutch bruin, German braun), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHnos (compare Ancient Greek φρύνη (phrýnē), φρῦνος (phrŷnos, “toad”)), enlargement of *bʰrew- (“shiny, brown”) (compare Lithuanian bė́ras (“brown”), Sanskrit बभ्रु (babhrú, “reddish-brown”)).

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Noun [edit]

brown (plural browns)

  1. A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
    The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
    brown colour:    
  2. (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
  3. Black tar heroin.

Translations [edit]

colour
one of the colour balls used in snooker

Adjective [edit]

brown (comparative browner or more brown, superlative brownest or most brown)

  1. Having a brown colour.
  2. (obsolete) Gloomy.

Translations [edit]

having brown colour

Descendants [edit]

Verb [edit]

brown (third-person singular simple present browns, present participle browning, simple past and past participle browned)

  1. To become brown.
    Fry the onions until they brown.
  2. (cooking) To cook something until it becomes brown.
    Brown the onions in a large frying pan.
  3. To tan.
    Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun.

Translations [edit]

to become brown
to cook until brown
to tan — see tan
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