browning

See also: Browning

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹaʊ.nɪŋ/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aʊnɪŋ

Noun

browning (countable and uncountable, plural brownings)

1. The act or operation of giving a brown colour, as to gun barrels, cooked food, etc.
2. Any of various preparations used to impart a brown colour to gravy, leather, etc.
3. (masonry) A smooth coat of brown mortar, usually the second coat, and the preparation for the finishing coat of plaster.
4. (Jamaica, countable) A brown-skinned person.
   • 2017, “Peng Ting”, performed by Mackareo:

     One or two white gyal / Three or four lighties / Five or six darkies / Seven or eight brownings

Coordinate terms

• (gun barrels): bluing

Derived terms

• antibrowning
• browning shot
• Maillard browning

 

Related terms

• brownification
• embrowning

Verb

browning

1. present participle and gerund of brown

Jamaican Creole

Alternative forms

• brownin, brownin'

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɹɔʊ̯nɪn/
• Hyphenation: brow‧ning

Etymology 1

Blend of brown (“lightskin”) +‎ -ing.

Noun

browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)

1. a lightskin female (of colour)

   Synonym: brown gyal

   Psst! Browning! Sexy dawta! Yuh nuh hear big man a call yuh?

   Hey, light-skinned girl! Sexy lady! Don't you hear me calling you over?

   • 2002, Mervyn C. Alleyne, The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean (in English), →ISBN, page 225:

     One such song went thus:
     […]
     Dem a bleach up dem skin
     To look like browning
     […]

     One such song went thus: […] They're using skin-lightening creams to look like light-skinned girls. […]

Related terms

• brown (“lightskin”)
• brown man (“lightskin male (of colour)”)

See also

• empress (“m'lady”)
• high colour (“fair”)

Etymology 2

Noun

browning (plural browning dem, quantified browning)

1. browning (caramel-based food additive)

   Dis waan likkle supn. Put een likkle browning.

   This needs a little something. Add a little browning.

   • 2019, Krysta Anderson, “Bun in the oven?”, in The Jamaica Gleaner‎^[1] (in English):

     “Preheat oven to 150ºC/300ºF. Grease a loaf pan with baking spray or margarine; set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until foamy, add vanilla, molasses (if use[sic]) browning, stout, melted butter and sugar, mix until the granules dissolve. […] ”

Polish

Alternative forms

• brauning (less common)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Browning, named after American firearm designer John Browning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbraw.ɲiŋk/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -awɲiŋk
• Syllabification: brow‧ning

Noun

browning m inan

1. (firearms) any type of semi-automatic pistol manufactured by Browning Arms Company

Declension

Declension of browning

	singular	plural
nominative	browning	browningi
genitive	browningu	browningów
dative	browningowi	browningom
accusative	browning	browningi
instrumental	browningiem	browningami
locative	browningu	browningach
vocative	browningu	browningi

Further reading

• browning in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• browning in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English Browning.

Noun

browning n (plural browninguri)

1. Browning (gun)

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	browning	browningul		browninguri	browningurile
genitive-dative	browning	browningului		browninguri	browningurilor
vocative	browningule			browningurilor

References

• browning in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN