Definition/Meaning of brown

• English - Noun: brown ( plural browns ) A colour like that of chocolate or coffee . The browns and greens in this painting give it a nice woodsy feel . ( snooker ) One of the colour balls used in snooker , with a value of 4 points . Black tar heroin . ( sometimes capitalised ) A person of Middle Eastern , Latino or South Asian descent; a brown-skinned person; someone of mulatto or biracial appearance Translations
• English - Adjective: brown ( comparative browner or more brown , superlative brownest or most brown ) Having a brown colour . ( obsolete ) Gloomy . ( sometimes capitalized ) Of or relating to any of various ethnic groups having dark pigmentation of the skin . Antonyms ( having brown as its colour ) : nonbrown Translations Descendants American Sign Language: B@Cheek-PalmForward B@Jaw-PalmForward
• English - Verb: brown ( third-person singular simple present browns , present participle browning , simple past and past participle browned ) To become brown . Fry the onions until they brown . ( cooking ) To cook something until it becomes brown . Brown the onions in a large frying pan . To tan . Light-skinned people tend to brown when exposed to the sun . ( transitive ) To make brown or dusky . Barlow A…
• English - Etymology: From Middle English broun , from Old English brūn ( “ dark , shining ” ), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (compare West Frisian brún , Dutch bruin , German braun ), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰruHnos (compare Ancient Greek φρύνη ( phrúnē ), φρῦνος ( phrûnos , “ toad ” )), enlargement of *bʰrew- ( “ shiny , brown ” ) (compare Lithuanian bė́ras ( “ brown ” ), Sanskrit बभ्रु ( babhrú , “ reddish-brown…
• English - Pronunciation: IPA (key) : /bɹaʊn/ Rhymes: -aʊn