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bruin
English
Etymology
From Middle Dutch bruin (“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
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?u??n/
- Rhymes: -u??n
Noun
bruin (plural bruins)
- A folk name for a bear, especially the brown bear, Ursus arctos.
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, 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 […].
- 1989, Keith Bosley, translating Elias Lönnrot, The Kalevala, XVII:
Anagrams
- Bruni, Burin, Rubin, burin, rub in, rubin
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch bruin.
Adjective
bruin (attributive bruine, comparative bruiner, superlative bruinste)
- brown
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /brœy?n/
- Hyphenation: bruin
- Rhymes: -œy?n
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch bruun, from Old Dutch *br?n, from Proto-Germanic *br?naz.
Adjective
bruin (comparative bruiner, superlative bruinst)
- brown
Inflection
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: bruin
- ? Papiamentu: bruin
- ? Sranan Tongo: broin
Etymology 2
From the adjective bruin.
Noun
bruin n (uncountable)
- the color brown
Noun
bruin c (uncountable)
- (slang) heroin
Usage notes
The expression aan de bruin zijn is used for the addiction to heroin only, not for individual shots.
See also
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch bruin.
Adjective
bruin
- brown
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