Meaning

7 senses
  1. Having a brown color/colour.

    braun

    кори́чневыйkoríčnevyj, ка́рийkárij, кашта́новыйkaštánovyj

    кори́чневийkorýčnevyj, ка́рийkáryj, кашта́новийkaštánovyj

  2. Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin.

    (US, capitalized, sometimes)Latino/Latin American

  3. (US, broadly, capitalized, sometimes)Of color.

    of a color similar to that of wood or earth

  4. (capitalized, sometimes)South Asian or sometimes Middle Eastern or North African

  5. (capitalized, sometimes)Southeast Asian, Pacific Islander, or sometimes Native American

  6. Not green (environmentally irresponsible); anti-green (against environmental protection).

    Near-synonyms: nongreen, antigreen

  7. (obsolete)Gloomy.

Examples

679 sentences
  1. I want brown shoes, not black ones.

    Я хочу коричневі черевики, не чорні. — ChickenKiev

    ruЯ хочу коричневые туфли, не чёрные. — Hellerick

    deIch will braune Schuhe, keine schwarzen. — MUIRIEL

  2. I think I like eating white rice better than brown rice.

    Мені здається, я більше люблю їсти білий рис, ніж коричневий. — deniko

    ruПожалуй, мне больше нравится обычный рис, чем бурый. — Karok

    deIch denke, ich mag es lieber, weißen Reis zu essen als braunen. — Yorwba

  3. His shoes are brown.

    Його черевики коричневі. — deniko

    ruЕго ботинки коричневые. — Biga

    deSeine Schuhe sind braun. — MUIRIEL

  4. He has brown eyes.

    У нього карі очі. — deniko

    ruУ него карие глаза. — marafon

    deEr hat braune Augen. — MUIRIEL

  5. Tom has brown hair.

    Том має каштанове волосся. — deniko

    ruУ Тома каштановые волосы. — sharptoothed

    deTom hat braunes Haar. — Espi

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
having a brown color/colour:
Русский
By meaning 1
having a brown color/colour:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
having a brown color/colour:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Pr

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.

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Forms

browner/more brown, brownest/most brown
Comparativebrowner / more brown Lesson
Superlativebrownest / most brown Lesson

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • brown hair
  • wearing a brown
  • have brown hair
  • brown rice
  • brown shoes
  • brown eyes
  • wearing brown shoes
  • dark brown
  • has brown eyes
  • eats brown rice
  • brown coat
  • brown hat

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
brown — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto