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brownish

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈbɹaʊnɪʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aʊnɪʃ
  • CMU ARPABET: B R AW1 N IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

of a color similar to that of wood or earth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: brown, chocolate-brown, dark-brown

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English brown Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English brownish From brown + -ish.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: brunenc — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Czech: hnědavý — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Dutch: bruinig — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Dutch: bruinachtig — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Esperanto: bruneta — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Estonian: pruunikas — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Faroese: brúnligur — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Finnish: ruskehtava — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • French: brunâtre — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Georgian: მოყავისფრო (moq̇avispro) — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • German: bräunlich — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Hungarian: barnás — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Irish: scothdhonn — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Italian: brunastro — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Kalmyk: күрңтр (kürñtr) — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Latin: brūnulus — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Latvian: iebrūns — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Latvian: brūngans — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Latvian: brūnīgs — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Norwegian Bokmål: brunlig — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brunleg — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Polish: brązowawy — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Portuguese: amarronzado — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Romanian: maroniu — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Russian: коричнева́тый (koričnevátyj) — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Russian: бурова́тый (burovátyj) — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Spanish: pardusco — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Swedish: brunaktig — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Turkish: kahverengimsi — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Turkish: kahvemsi — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Turkish: kahvemtırak — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Turkish: bozumsu — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Turkish: bozumtırak — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Turkish: bozlak — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Turkish: kumral — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
  • Volapük: braunilik — of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Real reading context

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