brown

== English == === Alternative forms === broon (Northumbria) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerH-. Doublet of bruin. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈbɹaʊ̯n/ (Southern US, Midland US, Mid-Atlantic US, New York City, General Australian, New Zealand, /aʊ̯/-fronting) IPA(key): /ˈbɹæʊ̯n/ (Pittsburgh, General South African, /aʊ̯/-monophthongization) IPA(key): /ˈbɹaːn/ (Northumbria) IPA(key): /bɹuːn/ Rhymes: -aʊn Hyphenation: brown === Noun === brown (countable and uncountable, plural browns) (countable and uncountable) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee. (snooker, countable) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points. (uncountable) Black tar heroin. (slang, archaic, countable) A copper coin. A brown horse or other animal. (sometimes capitalised, countable, informal, ethnic slur) A person of mostly Latin American (or Latino), Middle Eastern/North African, South Asian, and sometimes Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or rarely Native American descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto, or biracial appearance. (entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis. (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta). (hunting, as "the brown") A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at. ==== Descendants ==== Bislama: braon Tok Pisin: braun → Welsh: brown → Tongan: palauni ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === brown (comparative browner or more brown, superlative brownest or most brown) Having a brown color/colour. (obsolete) Gloomy. (sometimes capitalized) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin. (US) Latino/Latin American (US, loosely, vague) of color. (of Asians and Africans) South Asian or sometimes Middle Eastern or North African (of East-Eurasian ancestry) Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or sometimes Native American Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection). Near-synonyms: nongreen, antigreen ==== Related terms ==== (environmentally irresponsible): brownfield ==== Descendants ==== American Sign Language: B@Cheek-PalmForward B@Jaw-PalmForward ==== Translations ==== === Verb === brown (third-person singular simple present browns, present participle browning, simple past and past participle browned) (intransitive) To become brown. Synonyms: (chiefly literary and poetic) embrown, brownify poop. (cooking, transitive) To cook something until it becomes brown. (intransitive, transitive) To tan. (transitive) To make brown or dusky. Synonym: (chiefly literary and poetic) embrown (transitive) To give a bright brown colour to, as to gun barrels, by forming a thin coating of oxide on their surface. (demography, transitive, intransitive, slang, ethnic slur, usually derogatory, offensive) To turn progressively more Hispanic or Latino, in the context of the population of a geographic region. ==== Translations ==== === Derived terms === === Related terms === === See also === golding == Welsh == === Etymology === Borrowed from English brown. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /brou̯n/ Rhymes: -ou̯n === Adjective === brown (feminine singular brown, plural brown, equative browned, comparative brownach, superlative brownaf) brown Synonyms: cochddu, dugoch, (occasionally) llwyd ==== Derived terms ==== brown y mynydd (“linnet”) brownio (“to brown”) === See also === === Mutation === === Further reading === Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “brown”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎[11], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “brown”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “brown”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies