Meanings
comparative more brownish · superlative most brownish
- Of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
Watt wore, on his feet, a boot, brown in colour, and a shoe, happily of a brownish colour also.
1953, Samuel Beckett, Watt, [Paris]: Olympia Press, →OCLC2 more examples
The Giraffe and the Zebra and the Eland and the Koodoo and the Hartebeest lived there; and they were 'sclusively sandy-yellow-brownish all over […]
1902, Rudyard Kipling, “How the Leopard Got His Spots”, in Just So StoriesTwo pumps stood side by side in our kitchen. One was for well water and one was a cistern pump—water from the former was hard and clear, from the cistern it was brownish and soft.
1942, Emily Carr, “Waterworks”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLCSynonyms: browny, browny, brunneous, brunnescent
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveOf a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveof a color similar to that of wood or earth
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-?
- Proto-Germanic*brūnaz
- Proto-West Germanic*brūn
- Old Englishbrūn
- Middle Englishbroun
- Englishbrown
- Englishbrownish
Translations
Catalan brunenc
- brunencof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Czech hnědavý
- hnědavýof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Dutch bruinig, bruinachtig
- bruinigof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- bruinachtigof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Esperanto bruneta
- brunetaof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Estonian pruunikas
- pruunikasof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Finnish ruskehtava
- ruskehtavaof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
French brunâtre
- brunâtreof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
German bräunlich
- bräunlichof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Hungarian barnás
- barnásof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Irish scothdhonn
- scothdhonnof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Italian brunastro
- brunastroof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Latin brūnulus
- brūnulusof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Latvian iebrūns, brūngans
- iebrūnsof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- brūngansof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- brūnīgsof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Norwegian Bokmål brunlig
- brunligof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Polish brązowawy
- brązowawyof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Portuguese amarronzado
- amarronzadoof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Romanian maroniu
- maroniuof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Russian коричнева́тый, бурова́тый
- коричнева́тый (koričnevátyj)of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- бурова́тый (burovátyj)of a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Spanish pardusco
- parduscoof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Swedish brunaktig
- brunaktigof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Turkish kahverengimsi, kahvemsi
- kahverengimsiof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- kahvemsiof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- kahvemtırakof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- bozumsuof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- bozumtırakof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- bozlakof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
- kumralof a colour which resembles brown; somewhat brown
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brownish
All rhymes →Cite this entry
brownish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brownish
“brownish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brownish. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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