brun

• IPA^(key): /bruːn/, [b̥ʁuːˀn]

From Old Norse brúnn.

brun

1. brown (having brown colour)
2. (as a noun) brown (colour)

• brune
• brunlig

See the etymology of the main entry.

brun

1. imperative of brune

• “brun” in Den Danske Ordbog

• IPA^(key): /bɾuːn/

brun

1. Alternative spelling of bruun

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.

• IPA^(key): /bʁœ̃/

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• Rhymes: -œ̃

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

1. brown (the color)

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

• → Breton: brun
• → Romanian: brun

brun m (plural bruns, feminine brune)

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

• châtain
• marron

• “brun” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• IPA^(key): /bɾuːn/

brun

1. Alternative spelling of bruun

brun

1. brown

• breun (Guernsey, Cotentin)

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

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brun m

1. (Jersey) brown

From Old Norse brúnn

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

1. brown (colour)

• “brun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Old Norse brúnn

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

1. brown (colour)

• “brun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbruːn/

brūn

1. brown

• Middle English: broun, brown, brun, bruyn, broyn
  • English: brown
    • Bislama: braon
    • Tok Pisin: braun
    • → Welsh: brown
    • → Tongan: palauni
  • Scots: broon, broun

Proto-Germanic *brūnaz

brun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brune)

1. brown

• Middle French: brun
  • French: brun
    • → Breton: brun
    • → Romanian: brun
• Norman: breun, brun

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

1. brown-haired person

From French brun.

• IPA^(key): /brun/

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

1. brown
2. brown or dark-haired

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

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• IPA^(key): /brʉn/

brun (comparative brunare, superlative brunast)

1. of the color brown

• → Elfdalian: brun
• → Estonian: pruun