bruin
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch bruun (“brown”) via William Caxton's 1485 translation of a Dutch version of the legend of Reynard the Fox. Bruin is the bear, named for his brown color. Doublet of brown.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]bruin (plural bruins)
- A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
- 1989, Elias Lönnrot, translated by Keith Bosley, The Kalevala, section XVII:
- The mother sought the one gone / astray, for the lost she longs: / she ran great swamps as a wolf / trod the wilds as a bruin / waters as an otter roamed […].
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Adjective
[edit]bruin (attributive bruin or (of people alternatively) bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste)
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of bruin
predicative | attributive | independent | partitive | ||
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singular | plural | ||||
positive | bruin | bruin, bruine | bruine | bruines | bruins |
comparative | bruiner | bruinere | bruineres | bruiners | |
superlative | bruinste | bruinstes | — |
Dutch
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch bruun, from Old Dutch *brūn, from Proto-West Germanic *brūn, from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.
Adjective
[edit]bruin (comparative bruiner, superlative bruinst)
Declension
[edit]Declension of bruin | ||||
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uninflected | bruin | |||
inflected | bruine | |||
comparative | bruiner | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | bruin | bruiner | het bruinst het bruinste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | bruine | bruinere | bruinste |
n. sing. | bruin | bruiner | bruinste | |
plural | bruine | bruinere | bruinste | |
definite | bruine | bruinere | bruinste | |
partitive | bruins | bruiners | — |
Derived terms
[edit]- boerenbruin
- bruin blauwtje
- bruin fruit
- bruinbrood
- bruine beer
- bruine fruitschaal
- bruine hyena
- bruine kiekendief
- bruine pelikaan
- bruine raafkaketoe
- bruinen
- bruingoed
- bruinhemd
- bruinkool
- bruinogig
- bruinsteen
- bruinvis
- bruinwerker
- chocoladebruin
- donkerbruin
- een bruine trui breien
- geelbruin
- goudbruin
- kastanjebruin
- lichtbruin
- reebruin
- roestbruin
- roodbruin
- violetbruin
- zonnebankbruin
Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: bruin
- Negerhollands: bruun, brin, bryen
- → Papiamentu: brùin, brein, bruin
- → Sranan Tongo: broin
Etymology 2
[edit]From the adjective bruin.
Noun
[edit]bruin n (uncountable)
- the color brown
- Het bruin van de stam contrasteerde fel met het groen van de bladeren.
- The brown color of the trunk contrasted sharply with the green color of the leaves.
Noun
[edit]bruin c (uncountable)
Usage notes
[edit]The expression aan de bruin zijn is used for the addiction to heroin only, not for individual shots.
See also
[edit]wit | grijs | zwart |
rood; karmijnrood | oranje; bruin | geel; roomwit |
groengeel/limoengroen | groen | |
blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw | azuurblauw | blauw |
violet; indigo | magenta; paars | roze |
Papiamentu
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