brun

See also: Brun, brún, and brün

Danish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bruːn/, [b̥ʁuːˀn]

Etymology 1

From Old Norse brúnn.

Adjective

brun

  1. brown (having brown colour)
  2. (as a noun) brown (colour)
Inflection
Inflection of brun
Positive Comparative Superlative
Common singular brun brunere brunest2
Neuter singular brunt brunere brunest2
Plural brune brunere brunest2
Definite attributive1 brune brunere bruneste
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used.
2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively.
Derived terms
See also
Colors in Danish · farver (layout · text)
     hvid      grå      sort      brun
             lyserød              rød ; højrød              orange              gul ; flødefarvet
             lime              grøn                           cyan ; turkis
             azurblå              blå              violet ; indigo              magenta ; lilla

Etymology 2

See etymology on the main entry.

Verb

brun

  1. imperative of brune

References

Dutch Low Saxon

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾuːn/

Adjective

brun

  1. Alternative spelling of bruun

French

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bʁœ̃/
  • audio (France)(file)
  • audio (Belgium)(file)
  • audio (Quebec)(file)

Adjective

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

  1. brown (the color)

Usage notes

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

Noun

brun m (plural bruns, feminine brune)

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

See also

See also

Colors in French · couleurs (layout · text)
     blanc      gris      noir      brun
             rose              rouge ; cramoisi              orange              jaune ; crème
             vert citron              vert                           cyan ; bleu canard
             azur              bleu              violet ; indigo              magenta ; pourpre

Further reading

German Low German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɾuːn/

Adjective

brun

  1. Alternative spelling of bruun

Interlingua

Adjective

brun

  1. brown

Norman

Alternative forms

  • breun (Guernsey, Cotentin)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Adjective

brun m

  1. (Jersey) brown

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse brúnn

Adjective

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

  1. brown (a colour)

Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse brúnn

Adjective

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

  1. brown (a colour)

Derived terms

See also

Colors in Norwegian Nynorsk · fargar (layout · text)
     kvit      grå      svart      brun
             rosa              raud              oransje              gul
                          grøn                           (turkis)
                          blå                           rosa ; lilla

References

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbruːn/

Adjective

brūn

  1. brown

Declension

Descendants

Old French

Etymology

Proto-Germanic *brūnaz

Adjective

brun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brune)

  1. brown

Declension

Noun

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

  1. brown-haired person

Declension

Romanian

Etymology

From French brun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /brun/

Adjective

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

  1. brown
  2. brown or dark-haired

Declension

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)
  • IPA(key): /brʉn/

Adjective

brun (comparative brunare, superlative brunast)

  1. of the color brown

Declension

Inflection of brun
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular brun brunare brunast
Neuter singular brunt brunare brunast
Plural bruna brunare brunast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 brune brunare brunaste
All bruna brunare brunaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
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