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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Conserved from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn as opposed to the Standard English pronunciation.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
broon (countable and uncountable, plural broons)
Adjective[edit]
broon (comparative more broon, superlative most broon)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
Anagrams[edit]
Old Irish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
broon
Mutation[edit]
Old Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
broon | broon pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
mbroon |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Scots[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
broon (plural broons)
- The colour brown.
Adjective[edit]
broon (comparative mair broon, superlative maist broon)
- Of the colour brown.
Alternative forms[edit]
Categories:
- English terms inherited from Middle English
- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms inherited from Old English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:English/uːn
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- English lemmas
- English nouns
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- Geordie English
- Scottish English
- English adjectives
- en:Browns
- Old Irish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old Irish non-lemma forms
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- Scots terms inherited from Middle English
- Scots terms derived from Middle English
- Scots terms inherited from Old English
- Scots terms derived from Old English
- Scots terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Scots terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Scots lemmas
- Scots nouns
- Scots adjectives
- sco:Browns