| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| brown | adj | (colour) couleur | brun adj |
| | | marron adj inv |
| | cheveux : marron foncé ou noirs | brun adj |
| | cheveux | châtain adj inv |
| She lives in the brown house. |
| * Elle a choisi des carrelages bruns pour le rez-de-chaussée. |
| * Françoise a fini par prendre la robe marron. |
| * Josiane a les cheveux bruns. |
| NEW : Caroline a les cheveux d'un joli châtain mordoré. |
| brown | n | (colour) couleur | brun nm inv |
| | | marron nm inv |
| Which do you prefer? Black or brown? |
| Que préférez-vous ? Le noir ou le brun ? |
| Que préférez-vous ? Le noir ou le marron ? |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| brown | adj | (animals of this colour) | brun adj |
| | animaux | marron adj inv |
| | chevaux : marron à crins marron | alezan adj inv |
| | chevaux : marron à crins noirs | bai adj inv |
| He rides the white horse, but I prefer the brown one. |
| * Ce loup a un pelage brun alors que l'autre mâle est plus gris. |
| * Il a un chien marron et blanc. |
| NEW : Prends le poney alezan, il faut le faire travailler. |
| * Il monte son étalon bai, ce matin. |
| brown | adj | (suntanned) | bronzé adj |
| | | hâlé adj |
| Note: Bronzé est plus foncé que hâlé. |
| I can't believe how brown you got at the beach. |
| C'est incroyable comme tu es rentré bronzé de la plage. |
| C'est incroyable comme tu es rentré hâlé de la plage. |
| brown | vi | (make brown) végétaux | jaunir⇒ vi |
| The oak leaves browned and fell from the trees. |
| Les feuilles du chêne ont jauni et sont tombées des arbres. |
| brown | vtr | (make brown) | dorer⇒ vtr |
| The heat of the oven browned the turkey. |
| La chaleur du four a doré la dinde. |
| brown | vtr | (sauté, fry) culinaire : légumes, viande | faire dorer⇒ vtr |
| | culinaire : oignon, ail, lardons | faire revenir⇒ vtr |
| | | faire brunir⇒ vtr |
| First, you need to brown the potatoes. |
| Tout d'abord, il faut faire dorer les pommes de terre. |
| * Tout d'abord, il faut faire revenir les oignons et les lardons. |
| Tout d'abord, il faut faire brunir les pommes de terre. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| amber brown | | | brun ambré |
| antique brown | | | brun antique |
| black-brown | | | brun-noir adj |
| brown ale | | | bière brune nf |
| brown algae | | | algues brunes |
| brown bear | n | (large bear with brown fur) | ours brun nm |
| Kodiak bears and grizzly bears are species of the brown bear. |
| brown belt | n | (martial arts rank) | ceinture marron nf |
| It took me three years to earn my brown belt. |
| brown belt | n | (sb with brown belt in martial arts) | ceinture marron nf |
| I wouldn't mess with her if I were you, she's a brown belt. |
| Ne l'embête pas, il est ceinture marron de judo ! |
| brown Betty | | (food) pommes pannées au four | pouding Betty nm |
| brown bread | | | pain bis |
| brown bullhead | | poisson-chat | silure nm |
| brown butter | n | (cookery: roasted butter) | beurre noisette nm |
| brown clear | | châtain clair | châtain adj |
| brown coal | | | charbon brun nm |
| brown coal | | | lignite nm |
| brown coat | | | couche brune |
| brown coat | | | deuxième couche |
| brown crab | n | (edible crustacean) | tourteau nm |
| | | crabe dormeur, dormeur nm |
| brown creeper | | | grimpereau brun |
| brown envelope | | | pot-de-vin nm |
| brown eyed | adj | (having brown eyes) | aux yeux marron loc adj |
| I prefer brown eyed girls. |
| Elle préfère les hommes aux yeux marron. |
| brown eyes | npl | (eyes with brown irises) | yeux marron nmpl |
| I have brown eyes. |
| J'ai les yeux marron. |
| | | yeux bruns nmpl |
| * Il a des yeux bruns au regard très doux. |
| brown gravy | | | sauce brune nf |
| brown hair | n | (brunette or chestnut hair) | cheveux châtains nmpl |
| She wore a brown shirt to match her brown hair. |
| | | cheveux bruns nmpl |
| | | chevelure brune nf |
| brown nose | n | slang, vulgar (sycophant) fam | lèche-botte nm |
| What a brown nose -- always sucking up to the boss, hoping for a promotion. |
| Quel lèche-botte - il espère une promotion. |
| | fam, vulg | lèche-cul nm |
| brown out | vtr | US (electricity: reduced power) électricité | chute de tension nf |
| The high use of air conditioners during the heat waves caused more than one brown out. |
| | | baisse de tension contrôlée nf |
| brown owl | n | (nocturnal bird of prey) | chouette hulotte nf |
| brown paper | | | papier d'emballage nm |
| brown rat | | (zoology) zoologie | rat brun nm |
| brown recluse spider | | | araignée recluse brune |
| brown recluse spider | | | araignée violon |
| brown rice | n | (whole rice) | riz brun nm |
| Brown rice takes longer to cook than white rice, unless you have a pressure cooker. |
| Ce riz brun est peut-être bon pour la santé, mais il met beaucoup trop de temps à cuire... |
| brown rot | | rot brun | mildiou nm |
| brown rot | | mildiou | rot brun nm |
| brown rot | | | pourriture brune nf |
| brown sauce | | | sauce brune nf |
| brown sb off | v | UK, figurative, informal (annoy or anger sb) | enquiquiner qqn vtr |
| | argot, vulg | emmerder qqn vtr |
| | argot, vulg | faire chier qqn vtr |
| brown snake | | | couleuvre brune |
| brown spot | | | tache brune |
| brown sth off | v | (cook sth until it is brown) | (faire⇒, laisser) caraméliser⇒ vtr |
| | | faire⇒, laisser roussir⇒ vtr |
| Faire dorer les oignons sans les laisser roussir. |
| brown study | | | méditation nf |
| brown study | | | pensées sombres |
| brown sugar | n | (sugar not completely refined) | sucre roux nm |
| This cookie recipe calls for one cup of brown sugar. |
| Manger du sucre roux apporte des nutriments absents du sucre raffiné. |
| | | cassonade nf |
| Pour cette recette, il faut de la cassonade. |
| | | vergeoise nf |
| brown thrasher | | | moqueur roux |
| brown trout | | | truite saumonée nf |
| brown-colored | | US | marron adj |
| brown-eyed | adj | (having brown eyes) | aux yeux marron loc adj |
| J'ai souvenir de lui comme d'un homme aux yeux marron et au teint mat. |
| brown-green | | | marron vert |
| brown-haired | | cheveux | brun adj |
| brown-haired | | cheveux de fille | brune nf |
| brown-headed | | tête brune | brun adj |
| brown-headed | | fille | brune nf |
| brown-noser | | | lèche-bottes nm |
| brown-red | | | brun-rouge |
| brown-skinned | | | à peau sombre adj |
| brown-skinned | | | bronzé adj |
| chestnut brown, chestnut-brown | n | (reddish-brown colour) | châtain nm |
| Note: hyphen used when term is adj before a noun |
| Philippe a les cheveux d'un beau châtain. |
| | | marron nm |
| chestnut brown, chestnut-brown | adj | (reddish brown in colour) | châtain adj |
| The chestnut brown horse ran like the wind. |
| Philippe a les cheveux châtains. |
| chestnut-brown | | cheveux | châtain adj |
| chestnut-brown | | | marron nm |
| chocolate brown | | | marron chocolat |
| chocolate-brown | | | marron chocolat |
| cocoa-brown | | | couleur cacao |
| dark brown | | | bistre nm |
| golden brown | n | (golden-brown colour) | brun doré nm |
| Her hair was a beautiful shade of golden brown. |
| | | mordoré nm |
| golden brown | adj | (golden brown in colour) | brun doré adj |
| Her golden brown hair shone in the sunlight. |
| | | mordoré adj |
| golden-brown | | | brun doré |
| gray-brown | | US | gris brun adj |
| grayish-brown | | US | brun grisâtre |
| have brown hair | | être châtain | châtain adj |
| hazel brown | n | (light-brown colour) | noisette adj inv |
| Hazel brown is what my mother always called my hair, though I thought it was darker. |
| | cheveux | châtain clair nm |
| hazel brown | adj | (light-brown in colour) | noisette adj inv |
| Her hair was hazel brown, much lighter than mine. |
| Elle a les yeux noisette. |
| | cheveux | châtain clair adj inv |
| Elle a les cheveux châtain clair. |
| leather brown | | | cuir marron |
| light brown | n | (pale brown colour) | marron clair n inv |
| The police described the attacker as tall with short light brown hair. |
| The old leather bag had faded to light brown. |
| Le marron clair ne lui va pas du tout. |
| make brown | | rendre brun | brunir v |
| nut brown | | cheveux | châtain adj |
| nut brown | | yeux | noisette adj |
| nut-brown | | | noisette adj |
| olive brown | | | brun olivâtre nm |
| olive-brown | | | brun olivâtre adj |
| red-brown | | | brique rouge nm |
| reddish brown | | | marron rougeâtre |
| reddish-brown, reddish brown | adj | (russet or auburn in colour) | auburn adj |
| Note: hyphen omitted when term is an adj after a noun |
| Her hair was reddish-brown and really set off her fine green eyes. |
| C'est le plus magnifique auburn, − comme disent les Anglais, car nous n'avons pas en français de nom exact pour cette couleur, ... Barbey d'Aurevilly. |
| | | brun-roux adj |
| Le pelage des lièvres est brun-roux en été et blanc en hiver. |
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