bruin
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
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɹuːɪn/
Audio (southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -uːɪn
Noun
bruin (plural bruins)
- A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, 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 […].
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XVII:
See also
- oud bruin
Anagrams
- Bruni, Burin, Rubin, burin, rub in, rubin
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch bruin.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adjective
bruin (attributive bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste)
- brown
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brœy̯n/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: bruin
- Rhymes: -œy̯n
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)
- brown
Inflection
| Inflection of bruin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | bruin | |||
| inflected | bruine | |||
| comparative | bruiner | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | bruin | bruiner | het bruinst het bruinste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | bruine | bruinere | bruinste |
| n. sing. | bruin | bruiner | bruinste | |
| plural | bruine | bruinere | bruinste | |
| definite | bruine | bruinere | bruinste | |
| partitive | bruins | bruiners | — | |
Derived terms
- boerenbruin
- bruinbrood
- bruinen
- bruingoed
- bruinhemd
- bruinkool
- bruinogig
- bruinsteen
- bruinvis
- bruinwerker
- chocoladebruin
- donkerbruin
- een bruine trui breien
- geelbruin
- goudbruin
- kastanjebruin
- lichtbruin
- reebruin
- roestbruin
- roodbruin
- violetbruin
- zonnebankbruin
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bruin
- Negerhollands: bruun, brin, bryen
- → Papiamentu: brùin, brein, bruin
- → Sranan Tongo: broin
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)
- (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.
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 |
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch bruin.
Adjective
bruin
- brown