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brown

/bˈɹaʊn/BROWN
/bˈɹaʊn/BROWN

Meaningthe colour of earth or wood

Common meaning: the colour of earth or wood

Journey through time

  1. Aryan root · reconstructed√MAD‘drip, to flow’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 258, p. 738 · scan
  2. Old Englishbrun‘brown, dark, dusky’sourceB&T
  3. Middle Englishbrownsource
  4. Englishbrown‘the colour of earth or wood’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old English brun ‘the colour of earth or wood’.

Roots

  • brun Old English “the colour of earth or wood”

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