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The French word for brown is
brun





brown

French Definition


brown
     1. adj. Brun, marron.
     2. n. Brun, marron.
     3. v. Brunir.
     4. v. Bronzer.



Translations for brown and their definitions

Marron
     1. Proper noun. surname, French, eq=Marron
     2. n-m. horse-chestnut
     3. n-m. chestnut
     4. n-m. chestnut brown
     5. n-m. A token used as a control of the presence of someone at his post
     6. n-m. (pyrotechnics) firecracker (on a rocket)
     7. n-m. (informal) punch (with the fist)
     8. n-m. (informal) head
     9. adj. (France) brown
     10. adj. that has become wild again (used of a slave or animal who has returned to a free or wild state)
     11. adj. illicit, crooked (of professions)
           magie marronne - hedge magic
     12. n-m. maroon (a slave or animal who has run away to live free)


brunir
     1. v. to brown (to become brown)
     2. v. to burnish (to polish gold or silver etc)


dorer
     1. v. to gild; to coat something in gold
     2. v. to brighten up, to brighten something to give it a golden colour
     3. v. (cooking) to brown, to give food a golden colour by adding an egg yolk


brun
     1. adj. brown (the color)
     2. n-m. brown (the color)
     3. n-m. brown-haired person


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