/braʊn/
Translation
Having the colour of earth, wood, or coffee.
Word origin
From Old English brun, a common Germanic colour word.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- brun
Examples
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"Brown" tells us the colour of her eyes.
fur.
Here "brown" describes the colour of the fur.
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Here "brown" is the colour of the tree.
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