broon

See also: Broon

English

Etymology

Conserved from Middle English broun, from Old English brūn as opposed to the Standard English pronunciation.

Pronunciation
  • (Geordie) IPA(key): /bɹuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

broon (countable and uncountable, plural broons)

  1. (Tyneside, Scotland) The colour brown.

Adjective

broon (comparative more broon, superlative most broon)

  1. (Tyneside, Scotland) Of the colour brown.

References
  • Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN

Anagrams

Old Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈbro.on/

Noun

broon

  1. genitive singular of brao

Mutation
Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
broon broon
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/		 mbroon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scots

Etymology

From Middle English broun, from Old English brūn (“brown; dark; dusky”), from Proto-Germanic *brūnaz.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bruːn/, /bɹuːn/
  • Rhymes: -uːn

Noun

broon (plural broons)

  1. The colour brown.

Adjective

broon (comparative mair broon, superlative maist broon)

  1. Of the colour brown.
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