broon

See also: Broon

English

Etymology

Conserved from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English brūn, broun as opposed to the Standard English pronunciation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɹuːn/

Noun

broon (countable and uncountable, plural broons)

1. (Geordie, Scotland) The colour brown.

Adjective

broon (comparative more broon, superlative most broon)

1. (Geordie, Scotland) Of the colour brown.

Related terms

• Broon (Geordie)
• Broonale (Geordie)
• brown ale

References

• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN

Anagrams

• Boron, boron

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbro.on/

Noun

broon

1. genitive singular of brao

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
broon	broon pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/	mbroon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Scots

Etymology

From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Noun

broon (plural broons)

1. The colour brown

Adjective

broon (comparative mair broon, superlative maist broon)

1. Of the colour brown