brown /braun/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) an orange of low brightness and saturation
• (n.) Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)
• (n.) abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)

Chinese translation

• n. 褐色
• a. 褐色的
• v. (使)变褐色

Word details

Part of speech

adjective

Pronunciation

/braun/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · TOEFL

Frequency

Zipf 5.01 · Common

Word forms

browned, browning, browns, browner, brownest

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Related words

browse · brow · brownish

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