browning

browning

See also: Browning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ

Noun

browning (countable and uncountable, plural brownings)

1. The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
2. Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
3. (masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
4. (Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
   • 2017, “Peng Ting”, performed by Mackareo:

     One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings

Coordinate terms

• (gun barrels): bluing

Derived terms

• browning shot
• Maillard browning

 

Related terms

• brownification
• embrowning

Verb

browning

1. present participle of brown

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Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• brownin, brownin'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/
• Hyphenation: brow‧ning

Etymology 1

Blend of brown (“lightskin”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

browning (plural: browning dem or brownings dem, quantified: browning)

1. a lightskin female (of colour)
   • 2002, Mervyn C. Alleyne, The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean (in English), →ISBN, page 225:

     One such song went thus:
     […]
     Dem a bleach up dem skin
     To look like browning
     […]

     One such song went thus: […] They're using skin-lightening creams to look like light-skinned girls. […]

   Synonym: brown gyal

   Psst! Browning! Sexy dawta! Yuh nuh hear big man a call yuh?

   Hey, light-skinned girl! Sexy lady! Don't you hear me calling you over?

Related terms

• brown (“lightskin”)
• brown man (“lightskin male (of colour)”)

See also

• empress (“m'lady”)
• high colour (“fair”)

Noun

browning (plural: browning dem or brownings dem, quantified: browning)

1. browning (caramel-based food additive)
   • 2019, Krysta Anderson, “Bun in the oven?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎ (in English):

     “Preheat oven to 150ºC/300ºF. Grease a loaf pan with baking spray or margarine; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until foamy, add vanilla, molasses (if use[sic]) browning, stout, melted butter and sugar, mix until the granules dissolve. […] ”

   Dis waan likkle supn. Put een likkle browning.

   This needs a little something. Add a little browning.

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Browning.

Noun

browning n (plural browninguri)

1. Browning (gun)

Declension

Declension of browning

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) browning	browningul	(niște) browninguri	browningurile
genitive/dative	(unui) browning	browningului	(unor) browninguri	browningurilor
vocative	browningule		browningurilor

References

• browning in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN