dun

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• /dʌn/
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• Northern-England: /dʊn/
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• homophone: done
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• homophone: Donn
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• homophone: Donne
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• homophone: Dunn
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• homophone: Dunne
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From Middle English dun, donn, dunne, from Old English dunn (“dun, dingy brown, bark-colored, brownish black”), from Proto-West Germanic *duʀn, from Proto-Germanic *duznaz, *dusnaz (“brown, yellow”), from Proto-Indo-European *dhewh2- (“to smoke, raise dust”). Cognate with Old Saxon dun (“brown, dark”), Old High German tusin (“ash-gray, dull brown, pale yellow, dark”), Old Norse dunna (“female mallard; duck”). Alternative etymology derives the Old English word from Brythonic (compare Middle Welsh dwnn (“dark (red)”)), from Proto-Celtic *dusnos (compare Old Irish donn and Scottish Gaelic donn (“brown”)), from Proto-Indo-European *dhews- (compare Old Saxon dosan (“chestnut brown”)). More at dusk.

Imitative.

* As a Scottish surname, from the placename Dun, Angus, itself probably from Scottish Gaelic dùn (“fortress”). * As an English surname, variant of Dunn. * As a Dutch surname, from the adjective dun (“thin”). * As a Chinese surname, Mandarin form of surname 頓 /顿 meaning "pause" or 敦 meaning "sincere."

Unknown; perhaps a variant of din. Several sources suggest origin from Joe Dun, the name of a bailiff known for arresting debtors, but this is controversial.

Uncertain; likely from the color.

From Irish dún or Scottish Gaelic dùn, from Proto-Celtic *dūnom (“fortress”). Cognate with Welsh dinas (“city”). Doublet of town.

See dune.

Borrowed from Hindustani दून (dūn) / دُون (dūn). False cognate of dun (sense 4) / doon, and dun (sense 7) / dune

Borrowed from Malay DUN.

See do.

Likely from the color of fish so prepared.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: сиво-кафяв (sivo-kafjav) — of a brownish grey colour
• Chinese Mandarin: 暗褐色的 (ànhèsède) — of a brownish grey colour
• Czech: šedohnědý — of a brownish grey colour
• Czech: plavý — of a brownish grey colour
• Dutch: grijsbruin — of a brownish grey colour
• Finnish: harmaanruskea — of a brownish grey colour
• French: brun gris — of a brownish grey colour
• Georgian: მონაცრისფრო-ყვითელი (monacrispro-q̇viteli) — of a brownish grey colour
• German: graubraun — of a brownish grey colour
• German: falb — of a brownish grey colour
• Hungarian: fakó — of a brownish grey colour
• Hungarian: ordas — of a brownish grey colour
• Indonesian: turangga — of a brownish grey colour
• Irish: riabhach — of a brownish grey colour
• Italian: grigio brunastro — of a brownish grey colour
• Norwegian: gråbrun — of a brownish grey colour
• Polish: płowy — of a brownish grey colour
• Polish: bułany — of a brownish grey colour
• Portuguese: pardo — of a brownish grey colour
• Russian: серова́то-кори́чневый (serováto-koríčnevyj) — of a brownish grey colour
• Scottish Gaelic: odhar — of a brownish grey colour
• Spanish: pardo — of a brownish grey colour
• Swedish: gråbrun — of a brownish grey colour
• Turkish: boz — of a brownish grey colour
• Ottoman Turkish: قولا (kula) — of a brownish grey colour
• Bulgarian: сиво-кафяв (sivo-kafjav) — colour
• Czech: šedohnědá barva — colour
• Dutch: vaalbruin — colour
• Dutch: grijs-bruin — colour
• Finnish: harmaanruskea — colour
• French: brun grisâtre — colour
• Georgian: მონაცრისფრო-ყვითელი ფერი (monacrispro-q̇viteli peri) — colour
• German: Graubraun — colour
• Greek: καστανόφαιο (kastanófaio) — colour
• Hungarian: szürkésbarna — colour
• Hungarian: ordas — colour
• Icelandic: grámórautt — colour
• Indonesian: turangga — colour
• Irish: donn — colour
• Italian: bigio — colour
• Italian: grigio — colour
• Italian: grigiastro — colour
• Japanese: 焦げ茶色 (kogechairo) — colour
• Norwegian: gråbrunt — colour
• Occitan: brunèl — colour
• Persian: دیزه (dize) — colour
• Portuguese: pardo — colour
• Russian: серова́то-кори́чневый (serováto-koríčnevyj) — colour
• Serbo-Croatian: sivosmeđ — colour
• Spanish: pardo — colour
• Swedish: gråbrun — colour
• Swedish: gråbrunt — colour
• Turkish: kula — colour
• Czech: vymahač — a collector of debts
• Finnish: perijä — a collector of debts
• Finnish: velkoja — a collector of debts
• Finnish: esiaikuinen — immature mayfly
• Finnish: subimago — immature mayfly
• Czech: upomínat — to ask for payment
• Czech: urgovat — to ask for payment
• Czech: vymáhat zaplacení — to ask for payment
• Dutch: afpersen — to ask for payment
• Finnish: periä — to ask for payment
• Finnish: velkoa — to ask for payment
• Finnish: karhuta — to ask for payment
• Japanese: 借金の催促 (shakkin no saisoku) — to ask for payment
• Portuguese: cobrar — to ask for payment
• Finnish: tivata — to harass by continually repeating a request
• Finnish: perätä — to harass by continually repeating a request
• Polish: przymawiać się — to harass by continually repeating a request
• Polish: przymówić się — to harass by continually repeating a request