brown
A colour like that of chocolate or coffeeA colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
» I want brown shoes, not black ones.
Ich will braune Schuhe, keine schwarzen.
Я хочу коричневые туфли, не чёрные.
Я хочу коричневые ботинки, а не чёрные.
Я хочу коричневі черевики, не чорні.
Meaning
11 senses(countable, uncountable)A colour like that of chocolate or coffee.
The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel.
He wore brown jeans for his birthday.
Braun
кори́чневыйkoríčnevyj, бу́рыйbúryj
кори́чневийkorýčnevyj
(countable)One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of 4 points.
(uncountable)Black tar heroin.
(countable, uncountable)A brown horse or other animal.
(capitalized, countable, ethnic, informal, slur, sometimes)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.
(countable, uncountable)Any of various nymphalid butterflies of subfamily Satyrinae (formerly the family Satyridae), such as those of the genera Heteronympha and Melanitis.
(countable, informal, uncountable)A brown trout (Salmo trutta).
(countable, uncountable)A mass of birds or animals that may be indiscriminately fired at.
(countable, uncountable)A brown dye or pigment.
(countable, uncountable)A pen, pencil, crayon, etc., made of brown pigment.
(archaic, countable, slang)A copper coin.
- an orange of low brightness and saturation
- abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)
- a university in Rhode Island
- Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
Examples
679 sentencesI 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
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
His shoes are brown.
Його черевики коричневі. — deniko
ruЕго ботинки коричневые. — Biga
deSeine Schuhe sind braun. — MUIRIEL
He has brown eyes.
У нього карі очі. — deniko
ruУ него карие глаза. — marafon
deEr hat braune Augen. — MUIRIEL
Tom has brown hair.
Том має каштанове волосся. — deniko
ruУ Тома каштановые волосы. — sharptoothed
deTom hat braunes Haar. — Espi
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from PrInherited 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
plural: brownsSynonyms
5 synonyms- an orange of low brightness and saturation:brownness
- abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859):John Brown
- a university in Rhode Island:Brown University
- Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858):Michael Stuart BrownRobert Brown
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
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