brun

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See also: Brun, brún, and brün

Danish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bruːn/, [b̥ʁuːˀn]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Old Norse brúnn.

Adjective[edit]

brun

  1. brown (having brown colour)
  2. (as a noun) brown (colour)
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of brun
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular brun brunere brunest2
Neuter singular brunt brunere brunest2
Plural brune brunere brunest2
Definite attributive1 brune brunere bruneste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms[edit]
See also[edit]
Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort
             rød; højrød              orange; brun              gul; flødefarvet
             lime              grøn             
             cyan; turkis              azurblå              blå
             violet; indigo              magenta; lilla              lyserød

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb[edit]

brun

  1. imperative of brune

References[edit]

Dutch Low Saxon[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brun

  1. Alternative spelling of bruun

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French, from Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”), from Frankish *brūn (“brown, dark, shiny”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHn- (“grey, brown”). Cognate with Old High German brūn (“brown”), Old English brūn (“brown”). More at brown.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /bʁœ̃/
  • (France) IPA(key): /bʁɛ̃/
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  • Rhymes: -œ̃

Adjective[edit]

brun (feminine singular brune, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunes)

  1. brown (the color)

Usage notes[edit]

In France, this is usually for hair, using marron for other uses

Descendants[edit]

  • → Breton: brun
  • → Romanian: brun

Noun[edit]

brun m (plural bruns, feminine brune)

  1. brown (the color)
  2. brown-haired person

See also[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir
             rouge; cramoisi              orange; brun              jaune; crème
             vert citron              vert              menthe
             cyan; bleu canard              azur              bleu
             violet; indigo              magenta; pourpre              rose

Further reading[edit]

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician brũu (14th century), from Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”), from Frankish *brūn (“brown, dark, shiny”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHn- (“grey, brown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brun m (feminine singular bruna, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunas)

  1. (archaic, of hair) brown
    • 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé (ed.), Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I. Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
      Rey Calrros auia os cabelos brũus et a façe uermella, et avia o corpo moy bẽ feicto et de boo estado, et a catadura braua
      King Charles had brown hair and a reddish face, and his body was very well formed and in good shape, and his aspect was fierce

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

  • “bruno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “bruu” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “bru_u” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “bru” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “brun” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

German Low German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brun

  1. Alternative spelling of bruun

Interlingua[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brun

  1. brown

Norman[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

  • breun (Guernsey, Cotentin)

Etymology[edit]

From Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHn- (“grey, brown”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Jersey)
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Adjective[edit]

brun m

  1. (Jersey) brown

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse brúnn

Adjective[edit]

brun (masculine and feminine brun, neuter brunt, definite singular and plural brune, comparative brunere, indefinite superlative brunest, definite superlative bruneste)

  1. brown (colour)

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Norwegian Bokmål · farger (layout · text)
     hvit      grå      svart
             rød              oransje; brun              gul
             limegrønn              grønn             
             cyan              asur              blå
             fiolett; indigo              magenta; lilla              rosa

References[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology[edit]

From Old Norse brúnn

Adjective[edit]

brun (masculine and feminine brun, neuter brunt, definite singular and plural brune, comparative brunare, indefinite superlative brunast, definite superlative brunaste)

  1. brown (colour)

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart
             raud              oransje; brun              gul
                          grøn             
             (turkis)                           blå
                          rosa; lilla              rosa

References[edit]

Old English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brūn

  1. brown

Declension[edit]

Declension of brūn — Strong
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brūn brūn brūn
Accusative brūnne brūne brūn
Genitive brūnes brūnre brūnes
Dative brūnum brūnre brūnum
Instrumental brūne brūnre brūne
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brūne brūna, brūne brūn
Accusative brūne brūna, brūne brūn
Genitive brūnra brūnra brūnra
Dative brūnum brūnum brūnum
Instrumental brūnum brūnum brūnum
Declension of brūn — Weak
Singular Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brūna brūne brūne
Accusative brūnan brūnan brūne
Genitive brūnan brūnan brūnan
Dative brūnan brūnan brūnan
Instrumental brūnan brūnan brūnan
Plural Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative brūnan brūnan brūnan
Accusative brūnan brūnan brūnan
Genitive brūnra, brūnena brūnra, brūnena brūnra, brūnena
Dative brūnum brūnum brūnum
Instrumental brūnum brūnum brūnum

Descendants[edit]

Old French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Proto-Germanic *brūnaz

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brune)

  1. brown

Declension[edit]

Declension of brun
Number Case Masculine Feminine Neuter
Singular Subject bruns brune brun
Oblique brun brune brun
Plural Subject brun brunes brun
Oblique bruns brunes brun

Descendants[edit]

Noun[edit]

brun m (oblique plural bruns, nominative singular bruns, nominative plural brun)

  1. brown-haired person

Declension[edit]

  Declension of brun  
Number Case Masculine Feminine
Singular Subject bruns brune
Oblique brun brune
Plural Subject brun brunes
Oblique bruns brunes

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French brun.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brun m or n (feminine singular brună, masculine plural bruni, feminine and neuter plural brune)

  1. brown
  2. brown or dark-haired

Declension[edit]

Declension of brun
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite brun brună bruni brune
definite brunul bruna brunii brunele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite brun brune bruni brune
definite brunului brunei brunilor brunelor

See also[edit]

Colors in Romanian · culori (layout · text)
     alb      gri      negru
             roșu; carmin              portocaliu; maro              galben
                          verde             
             cyan              bleu              albastru
             violet; indigo              purpură              roz

Swedish[edit]

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish brūn, from Old Norse brúnn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHn-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

brun (comparative brunare, superlative brunast)

  1. of the color brown

Declension[edit]

Inflection of brun
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular brun brunare brunast
Neuter singular brunt brunare brunast
Plural bruna brunare brunast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 brune brunare brunaste
All bruna brunare brunaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Descendants[edit]

See also[edit]

Colors in Swedish · färger (layout · text)
     vit      grå      svart
             röd; karmosin, karmosinröd              orange; brun              gul; beige
             limegrön              grön             
             cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal              azur              blå
             rosa (common), skär (uncommon); indigo              magenta; purpur (rare), lila (common)              hudfärg

References[edit]

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