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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)
- 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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Adjective
bruin (attributive bruin or (of people alternatively) bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste)
Inflection
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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)
Declension
Derived terms
- boerenbruin
- bruin blauwtje
- bruin fruit
- bruinbrood
- bruine beer
- bruine fruitschaal
- bruine hyena
- bruine kiekendief
- bruine pelikaan
- bruine raafkaketoe
- bruinen
- bruingoed
- bruinhemd
- bruinkool
- bruinogig
- bruinsteen
- bruinvis
- bruinwerker
- chocoladebruin
- donkerbruin
- een bruine trui breien
- geelbruin
- goudbruin
- kastanjebruin
- lichtbruin
- reebruin
- roestbruin
- roodbruin
- violetbruin
- zonnebankbruin
Descendants
Etymology 2
From the adjective bruin.
Noun
bruin n (uncountable)
- 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)
Usage notes
The expression aan de bruin zijn is used for the addiction to heroin only, not for individual shots.
See also
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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