German Low German

Noun

Brun n (plural has not been set)

1. Alternative spelling of Bruun : the colour/color brown.

Noun

Brun m (plural Brunen)

1. Alternative spelling of Bruun : a brown horse.

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

Derived terms

• brune
• brunlig

See also

Etymology 2

Non-lemma forms.

Verb

brun

1. imperative of brune

References

• “brun” in Den Danske Ordbog

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/

Adjective

brun m ‎(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

• châtain
• marron

See also

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

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

• “brun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

• brunbjørn
• lysebrun
• mørkbrun, mørkebrun
• solbrun

See also

References

• “brun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Adjective

brūn

1. brown

Declension

Descendants

• English: brown

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

• IPA^(key): /brʉn/

Adjective

brun (comparative brunare, superlative brunast)

1. of the color brown

Declension