Phrase guide

brown bear

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈbɹaʊn.bɛː(ɹ)/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A species of bears native to northern America, Europe and Asia having brownish fur. (Ursus arctos)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

large ferocious bear of Eurasia

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bruin, Ursus arctos

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bear

Narrower terms: Syrian bear, Ursus arctos syriacus, grizzly, grizzly bear, silvertip, silver-tip, Ursus horribilis, Ursus arctos horribilis, Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Kodiak, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

87 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: ቡናማ ድብ (bunama dəb) — Ursus arctos
  • Arabic: دُبّ أَسْمَر (dubb ʔasmar) — Ursus arctos
  • Asturian: osu pardu — Ursus arctos
  • Azerbaijani: qonur ayı — Ursus arctos
  • Basque: hartz arre — Ursus arctos
  • Belarusian: бу́ры мядзве́дзь (búry mjadzvjédzʹ) — Ursus arctos
  • Bengali: বাদামি ভাল্লুক (badami bhalluk) — Ursus arctos
  • Breton: arzh gell — Ursus arctos
  • Burmese: ဝက်ဝံညို (wak-wamnyui) — Ursus arctos
  • Catalan: os bru — Ursus arctos
  • Cherokee: ᎤᏬᏗᎨ ᏲᎾ (uwodige yona) — Ursus arctos
  • Cheyenne: mo'otsenahkohe — Ursus arctos
  • Chinese Cantonese: 棕熊 — Ursus arctos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 棕熊 (zōngxióng) — Ursus arctos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 羆 /罴 (pí) — Ursus arctos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬熊 /马熊 (mǎxióng) — Ursus arctos
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人熊 (rénxióng) — Ursus arctos
  • Chukchi: кэйӈын (kėjṇyn) — Ursus arctos
  • Chuvash: хӑмӑр упа (hămăr up̬a) — Ursus arctos
  • Cree: ᐅᓵᐅᔅᒄ (osaaoskw) — Ursus arctos
  • Czech: medvěd hnědý — Ursus arctos
  • Danish: brun bjørn — Ursus arctos
  • Dutch: bruine beer — Ursus arctos
  • Erzya: овто (ovto) — Ursus arctos
  • Esperanto: bruna urso — Ursus arctos
  • Estonian: pruunkaru — Ursus arctos
  • Faroese: skógarbjørn — Ursus arctos
  • Finnish: ruskeakarhu — Ursus arctos
  • Finnish: karhu — Ursus arctos
  • French: ours brun — Ursus arctos
  • Georgian: მურა დათვი (mura datvi) — Ursus arctos
  • German: Braunbär — Ursus arctos
  • German: Bärr — Ursus arctos
  • Greek: καφέ αρκούδα (kafé arkoúda) — Ursus arctos
  • Greenlandic: allaq — Ursus arctos
  • Hungarian: barna medve — Ursus arctos
  • Icelandic: skógarbjörn — Ursus arctos
  • Icelandic: brúnbjörn — Ursus arctos
  • Inupiaq: akłaq — Ursus arctos
  • Irish: béar donn — Ursus arctos
  • Italian: orso bruno — Ursus arctos
  • Italian: orso — Ursus arctos
  • Japanese: 羆 (higuma) — Ursus arctos
  • Japanese: ヒグマ (higuma) — Ursus arctos
  • Kazakh: қоңыр аю (qoñyr aü) — Ursus arctos
  • Komi-Zyrian: руд ош (rud oš) — Ursus arctos
  • Komi-Zyrian: сьӧд ош (śöd oš) — Ursus arctos
  • Komi-Zyrian: бурӧй ош (buröj oš) — Ursus arctos
  • Koryak: кайӈын (kajŋǝn) — Ursus arctos
  • Latvian: brūnais lācis — Ursus arctos
  • Lithuanian: rudasis lokys — Ursus arctos
  • Lushootseed: stəbtabəl' — Ursus arctos
  • Malay: beruang perang — Ursus arctos
  • Malayalam: തവിട്ടുകരടി (taviṭṭukaraṭi) — Ursus arctos
  • Western Mari: кӹрӓн мӧскӓ (kÿrän möskä) — Ursus arctos
  • Mongolian: хүрэн баавгай (xüren baavgaj) — Ursus arctos
  • Navajo: shashtsoh — Ursus arctos
  • Nepali: खैरो भालु (khairo bhālu) — Ursus arctos
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brunbjørn — Ursus arctos
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brunbjørn — Ursus arctos
  • Occitan: ors brun — Ursus arctos
  • Ossetian: морӕ арс (moræ ars) — Ursus arctos
  • Polish: niedźwiedź brunatny — Ursus arctos
  • Portuguese: urso-pardo — Ursus arctos
  • Quechua: paqu ukumari — Ursus arctos
  • Romanian: urs brun — Ursus arctos
  • Russian: бу́рый медве́дь (búryj medvédʹ) — Ursus arctos
  • Northern Sami: guovža — Ursus arctos
  • Scots: broun beir — Ursus arctos
  • Serbo-Croatian: мрки медвед m/мрки медвјед — Ursus arctos
  • Serbo-Croatian: смеђи медвед m/смеђи медвјед — Ursus arctos
  • Serbo-Croatian: mrki medved m/mrki medvjed — Ursus arctos
  • Serbo-Croatian: smeđi medved m/smeđi medvjed — Ursus arctos
  • Slovak: medveď hnedý — Ursus arctos
  • Slovene: rjavi medved — Ursus arctos
  • Spanish: oso pardo — Ursus arctos
  • Swedish: brunbjörn — Ursus arctos
  • Tatar: соры аю (sorı ayu) — Ursus arctos
  • Tatar: көрән аю (körän ayu) — Ursus arctos
  • Tatar: гади аю (ğädi ayu) — Ursus arctos
  • Thai: หมีสีน้ําตาล (mĕe sĕe nám dtaan) — Ursus arctos
  • Tibetan: དྲེད་མོང (dred mong) — Ursus arctos
  • Tlingit: xóots — Ursus arctos
  • Turkish: boz ayı — Ursus arctos
  • Turkish: bozayı — Ursus arctos
  • Ukrainian: бу́рий ведмі́дь (búryj vedmídʹ) — Ursus arctos
  • Vietnamese: gấu nâu — Ursus arctos