brownie

== English == === Etymology === From brown +‎ -ie (diminutive suffix). In folkloric sense, originally Scots. For sense 7, compare with Dutch kabouter (“a very young female member of the scout movement”) (literally "gnome"). === Pronunciation === (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɹaʊni/ Rhymes: -aʊni Hyphenation: brown‧ie === Noun === brownie (countable and uncountable, plural brownies) (usually countable, baking, originally US) A small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate. [from 1897] Synonym: chocolate brownie (uncountable, baking, Australia and New Zealand) A sweet bread with brown sugar and currants. [from 1883] (countable) (folklore) A mythical creature, a helpful elf who would secretly do people's housework for them. [from 1510s] A copper coin, brown in colour; a penny, halfpenny, or cent. (paganism) A household spirit or revered ancestor. Any of various lycaenid butterflies of the Eurasian genus Miletus. (informal) A brown trout (Salmo trutta). (informal) A widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas), a fish in the family Sebastidae. Coordinate term: greenie Alternative letter-case form of Brownie (“a girl in the first level of Girl Guides (US: Girl Scouts)”). (Australia, New Zealand, colloquial) A tall, long-necked beer bottle, made from brown coloured glass. (ethnic slur, offensive) A person with brown skin. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === Chocolate brownie on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Brownie (folklore) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Miletus (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Brown trout on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Widow rockfish on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Bon Wier, Borwein == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English brownie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbrɔu.ni/ Hyphenation: brow‧nie === Noun === brownie m (plural brownies, no diminutive) brownie (cake) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English brownie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bʁo.ni/, (Quebec) /bʁaw.ni/ === Noun === brownie m (plural brownies) brownie (type of small chocolate cake) == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === Borrowed from English brownie. === Noun === brownie m (definite singular brownien, indefinite plural browniar, definite plural browniane) brownie (type of small chocolate cake) == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brownie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbraw.ɲi/ Rhymes: -awɲi Syllabification: brow‧nie === Noun === brownie n (indeclinable) brownie (small square piece of rich cake, usually made with chocolate) === Further reading === brownie in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN brownie in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brownie. === Pronunciation === === Noun === brownie m (plural brownies) brownie (type of small chocolate cake) === Further reading === “brownie”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “brownie”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “brownie”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 “brownie”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English brownie. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbɾauni/ [ˈbɾau̯.ni] Rhymes: -auni === Noun === brownie m (plural brownies) brownie ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Derived terms ====