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See also: Bruin and bruín

English

Etymology

From Middle Dutch bruun (brown) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color. Doublet of brown.

Pronunciation

Noun

bruin (plural bruins)

  1. A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
    • 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XVII:
      The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed [].

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch bruin.

Pronunciation

Adjective

bruin (attributive bruin or (of people alternatively) bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste)

  1. brown
  2. coloured, of mixed-race and/or Southeast Asian stock

Inflection

More information predicative, attributive ...
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch bruun, from Old Dutch *brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Adjective

bruin (comparative bruiner, superlative bruinst)

  1. brown
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: bruin
  • Negerhollands: bruun, brin, bryen
  • Papiamentu: brùin, brein, bruin
  • Sranan Tongo: broin

Etymology 2

From the adjective bruin.

Noun

bruin n (uncountable)

  1. the color brown
    Het bruin van de stam contrasteerde fel met het groen van de bladeren.
    The brown color of the trunk contrasted sharply with the green color of the leaves.

Noun

bruin c (uncountable)

  1. (slang) heroin
    Mijn god, zit ie aan de bruin?My god, is he on heroin?
Usage notes

The expression aan de bruin zijn is used for the addiction to heroin only, not for individual shots.

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Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text)
     wit      grijs      zwart
             rood; karmijnrood              oranje; bruin              geel; roomwit
             groengeel/limoengroen              groen             
             blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw              azuurblauw              blauw
             violet; indigo              magenta; paars              roze
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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch bruin.

Adjective

bruin

  1. brown

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