embrown

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɪmˈbɹaʊn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ɛm-/
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• General-American: /əmˈbɹaʊn/
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• General-American: /ɛm-/
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• rhymes with -aʊn
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PIE word *h1én From em- (variant of en- (prefix with the sense ‘to bring to a certain condition or state’)) + brown (“having a brown colour”, adjective). Cognates * French embrunir * Italian imbrunire

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Esperanto: brunigi — to make (something) brown — see also brown
• Estonian: pruunistama — to make (something) brown — see also brown
• Finnish: ruskistaa — to make (something) brown — see also brown
• French: embrunir — to make (something) brown — see also brown
• Italian: imbrunìre — to make (something) brown — see also brown
• Polish: pociemniać — to make (something) brown — see also brown
• Finnish: ruskistua — to become or make brown — see also brown
• French: embrunir — to become or make brown — see also brown
• Italian: imbrunìre — to become or make brown — see also brown