brun
Danish
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of brun | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | brun | brunere | brunest2 |
Indefinite 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
[edit]See also
[edit]hvid | grå | sort |
rød; højrød | orange; brun | gul; flødefarvet |
lime | grøn | |
cyan; turkis | azurblå | blå |
violet; indigo | magenta; lilla | lyserød |
Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
[edit]brun
- imperative of brune
References
[edit]- “brun” in Den Danske Ordbog
Dutch Low Saxon
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun
- Alternative spelling of bruun
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle French, from Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /bʁœ̃/
- (Paris, Northern France) IPA(key): /bʁɛ̃/
- (Quebec) IPA(key): /bʀœ̃˞/
Audio (France): (file) Audio (Belgium): (file) Audio (Quebec): (file) - Rhymes: -œ̃
Adjective
[edit]brun (feminine brune, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunes)
- brown (color/colour)
Usage notes
[edit]- In France, this is usually for hair, using marron for other uses.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]brun m (plural bruns, feminine brune)
- brown (color/colour)
- brown-haired person
See also
[edit]See also
[edit]blanc | gris | noir |
rouge; cramoisi, carmin | orange; brun, marron | jaune; crème |
lime | vert | menthe |
cyan, turquoise; bleu canard | azur, bleu ciel | bleu |
violet, lilas; indigo | magenta; pourpre | rose |
Further reading
[edit]- “brun”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese brũu (14th century), from Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun (feminine bruna, masculine plural bruns, feminine plural brunas)
- (archaic, of hair) brown
- 1390, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Os Miragres de Santiago. Versión gallega del Códice latino del siglo XII atribuido al papa Calisto I, Madrid: C.S.I.C., page 133:
- Rey Calrros auia os cabelos brũus et a façe uermella, et avia o corpo moy bẽ feicto et de boo estado, et a catadura braua
- King Charles had brown hair and a reddish face, and his body was very well formed and in good shape, and his aspect was fierce
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bruno”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bruu”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bru_u”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “bru” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “brun”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
German Low German
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun
- Alternative spelling of bruun
Icelandic
[edit]Noun
[edit]brun n (genitive singular bruns, no plural)
- rush (the act of moving at high speed)
- (skiing) alpine skiing
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “brun” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Interlingua
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun
- brown (color/colour)
See also
[edit]blanc, albe | gris | nigre |
rubie | orange; brun | jalne; crema |
verde lima | verde | verde mentha, acquamarine |
cyano | azure | blau |
violette; indigo | magenta; purpure | rosate |
Louisiana Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from French brun (“brown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun
See also
[edit]blan | gri | nwa, nwar |
rouj | zoranj; brun, maron | jonn, jònn |
vè, vèr, vær, væt | vè fonsé | |
sèrsèl | blé, ble | |
vyolé, vyolèt | lila | ròz, roz |
Norman
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old French brun (“polished, shiny, brown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun m
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun (masculine and feminine brun, neuter brunt, definite singular and plural brune, comparative brunere, indefinite superlative brunest, definite superlative bruneste)
- brown (color/colour)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]hvit | grå | svart |
rød; karmosin | oransje; brun | gul; kremfarge |
limegrønn | grønn | |
cyan | asur | blå |
fiolett; indigo | magenta; lilla | rosa |
References
[edit]- “brun” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun (neuter brunt, definite singular and plural brune, comparative brunare, indefinite superlative brunast, definite superlative brunaste)
- brown (color/colour)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]kvit | grå | svart |
raud | oransje; brun | gul |
grøn | ||
(turkis) | blå | |
rosa; lilla | rosa |
References
[edit]- “brun” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brūn
- brown (color/colour)
Declension
[edit]Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
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Nominative | brūn | brūn | brūn |
Accusative | brūnne | brūne | brūn |
Genitive | brūnes | brūnre | brūnes |
Dative | brūnum | brūnre | brūnum |
Instrumental | brūne | brūnre | brūne |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
Nominative | brūne | brūna, brūne | brūn |
Accusative | brūne | brūna, brūne | brūn |
Genitive | brūnra | brūnra | brūnra |
Dative | brūnum | brūnum | brūnum |
Instrumental | brūnum | brūnum | brūnum |
Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]hwīt | grǣġ | blæc |
rēad; basu | ġeolurēad; brūn | ġeolu |
grēne | ||
blāw | blāw | |
purpuren |
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin brunus (attested in Isidore of Seville), from Frankish *brūn (“brown, dark, shiny”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz (“brown”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun m (oblique and nominative feminine singular brune)
- brown (color/colour)
Declension
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Noun
[edit]brun oblique singular, m (oblique plural bruns, nominative singular bruns, nominative plural brun)
- brown-haired person
Declension
[edit]Plautdietsch
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun
- brown (color/colour)
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun m or n (feminine singular brună, masculine plural bruni, feminine and neuter plural brune)
Declension
[edit]See also
[edit]alb | gri | negru |
roșu; carmin | portocaliu; maro | galben; crem |
verde | verde mentă | |
cyan | bleu | albastru |
violet; indigo | mov; purpură | roz |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Swedish brūn, from Old Norse brúnn. The political sense is originally a reference to the brown uniforms worn by members of the Sturmabteilung, a paramilitary organization in Nazi Germany.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]brun (comparative brunare, superlative brunast)
- brown (color/colour)
- (politics, usually derogatory, relational) of fascism or right-wing nationalism
- ett brunt parti ― a fascist party (literally, “a brown party”)
- 2010, Lars Ulwencreutz, Redaktör'n har ordet[1], Ulwencreutz Media, →ISBN, page 186:
- Bondeförbundet (Centerpartiet) var en gång ett mycket "brunt parti", bruna sympatier fanns även hos gamla Högerpartiet (Moderaterna). Kristen Demokratisk Samling (Kristdemokraterna) grundades till och med av gamla nationalsocialister.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2011, Mattias Gardell, Islamofobi [Islamophobia][2], Leopard förlag, →ISBN, page 254:
- De bruna valframgångarna är en indikator på hur det politiska spektrumet i sig har vridits mot en kulturisering av politiken där politiker utger sig för att slå vakt om västerländska, Europeiska[sic] och nationella värden mot det föreställda hotet från islam och muslimer[...]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2021 December 2, P-A Hultman, “Hur bruna är Sverigedemokraterna?”, in Strömstads Tidning[3]:
- Detta visar att nazismen och SD har samma tankar och idéer. Det finns således bevis för att ”brunt parti” stämmer väl överens med kända fakta om SD.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2023 January 27, “C måste göra upp med sitt bruna förflutna”, in Eskilstuna-Kuriren[4]:
- Under första halvan av 1900-talet hade Bondeförbundet, 1957 namnändrat till Centerpartiet (C), en mycket brun politik. Kanske var den brunare än den hos (S), men om detta vet vi inte då många dokument fortfarande är hemligstämplade?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of brun | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | brun | brunare | brunast |
Neuter singular | brunt | brunare | brunast |
Plural | bruna | brunare | brunast |
Masculine plural3 | brune | 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. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]See also
[edit]- brunt (noun)
vit | grå | svart |
röd; karmosin, karmosinröd | orange; brun | gul; beige |
limegrön | grön | |
cyan (rare) turkos (common); teal | azur | blå |
lila; indigo | magenta; purpur | rosa (common), skär (uncommon) |
References
[edit]- brun in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- brun in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- brun in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Further reading
[edit]- Karlsson, Ola (2021 October 20) “Vad betyder brun och blåbrun i politikens värld?”, in isof.se (in Swedish), Swedish Institute for Language and Folklore, retrieved 27 June 2023
Politisk färg on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
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